MBH vs. STCM, FORT, THX, TRR, PDL, KOD, WYN, MTL, ATM, and AAZ
Should you be buying Michelmersh Brick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Michelmersh Brick include Steppe Cement (STCM), Forterra (FORT), Thor Explorations (THX), Trident Royalties (TRR), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Kodal Minerals (KOD), Wynnstay Group (WYN), Metals Exploration (MTL), Andrada Mining (ATM), and Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Steppe Cement (LON:STCM) and Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 2 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 0 mentions for Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Steppe Cement'saverage media sentiment score.
Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.3%. Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Steppe Cement pays out 16,666.7% 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 pays out 5,000.0% 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 consensus target price of GBX 175, suggesting a potential upside of 76.59%. Given Steppe Cement's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.
Michelmersh Brick received 29 more outperform votes than Steppe Cement when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.74% of users gave Steppe Cement an outperform vote while only 71.88% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.
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.
17.8% of Steppe Cement shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by institutional investors. 56.7% of Steppe Cement shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.4% of Michelmersh Brick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 12.49% compared to Michelmersh Brick's net margin of 9.61%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 11.37% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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