NBB vs. STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, RTC, EMR, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, and RST
Should you be buying Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norman Broadbent include SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), and Restore (RST). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Norman Broadbent vs. Its Competitors
SThree (LON:STEM) and Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, SThree had 1 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for SThree and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat SThree's score of -0.68 indicating that Norman Broadbent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SThree has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. SThree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norman Broadbent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.8% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of SThree shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Norman Broadbent 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.
SThree has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Norman Broadbent's net margin of 2.02%. SThree's return on equity of 20.90% beat Norman Broadbent's return on equity.
SThree has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SThree currently has a consensus price target of GBX 345, indicating a potential upside of 43.15%. Given SThree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SThree is more favorable than Norman Broadbent.
Summary
SThree beats Norman Broadbent on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (LON:NBB) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
