MBH vs. STCM, ECOB, CRH, PLP, SRC, BREE, IBST, MSLH, FORT, and FXPO
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 Ferrexpo (FXPO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Michelmersh Brick vs. Its Competitors
Steppe Cement (LON:STCM) and Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
3.9% of Steppe Cement shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Steppe Cement shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.5% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Michelmersh Brick has a consensus target price of GBX 156.67, indicating a potential upside of 72.54%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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. Michelmersh Brick's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Steppe Cement's score of 0.00 indicating that Michelmersh Brick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Michelmersh Brick has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Steppe Cement. Steppe Cement is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Michelmersh Brick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MBH) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
