NBB vs. RTC, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, and TPG
Should you be buying Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norman Broadbent include RTC Group (RTC), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), and TP Group (TPG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Norman Broadbent vs. Its Competitors
Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) and RTC Group (LON:RTC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Norman Broadbent had 1 more articles in the media than RTC Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Norman Broadbent and 0 mentions for RTC Group. Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat RTC Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Norman Broadbent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 2.02% compared to RTC Group's net margin of 1.93%. RTC Group's return on equity of 23.73% beat Norman Broadbent's return on equity.
Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTC Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.5% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of RTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of RTC Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTC Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RTC Group beats Norman Broadbent on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Norman Broadbent News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NBB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Norman Broadbent Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:NBB) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free NBB Stock Alerts