MBH vs. STCM, ECOB, CRH, PLP, SRC, BREE, IBST, MSLH, FORT, and CMCL
Should you be buying Michelmersh Brick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Michelmersh Brick include Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Breedon Group (BREE), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), Forterra (FORT), and Caledonia Mining (CMCL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Michelmersh Brick vs. Its Competitors
Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) and Steppe Cement (LON:STCM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Michelmersh Brick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, indicating a potential upside of 61.81%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.
In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 4 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 0 mentions for Steppe Cement. Steppe Cement's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of 0.59 indicating that Steppe Cement is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Steppe Cement's net margin of 1.22%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 8.82% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.
Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Michelmersh Brick pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steppe Cement pays out 565.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
47.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Steppe Cement shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.2% of Steppe Cement shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Michelmersh Brick has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steppe Cement, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MBH) was last updated on 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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