LORD vs. SHI, FLO, BMTO, BMT, SLNG, FERG, DPLM, RS1, GFTU, and BRCK
Should you be buying Lords Group Trading stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lords Group Trading include SIG (SHI), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), Ferguson (FERG), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Grafton Group (GFTU), and Brickability Group (BRCK). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Lords Group Trading vs.
SIG (LON:SHI) and Lords Group Trading (LON:LORD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Lords Group Trading has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SIG. Lords Group Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SIG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SIG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 19.70, indicating a potential upside of 28.26%. Lords Group Trading has a consensus target price of GBX 80, indicating a potential upside of 122.28%. Given Lords Group Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lords Group Trading is more favorable than SIG.
In the previous week, SIG had 3 more articles in the media than Lords Group Trading. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SIG and 0 mentions for Lords Group Trading. SIG's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Lords Group Trading's score of 0.00 indicating that SIG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SIG received 557 more outperform votes than Lords Group Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lords Group Trading an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave SIG an outperform vote.
SIG has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lords Group Trading has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lords Group Trading has a net margin of -0.40% compared to SIG's net margin of -2.35%. Lords Group Trading's return on equity of -3.69% beat SIG's return on equity.
63.0% of SIG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Lords Group Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of SIG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.2% of Lords Group Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.0%. Lords Group Trading pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. SIG pays out -75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lords Group Trading pays out -178.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Lords Group Trading beats SIG on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LORD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
