NBB vs. RTC, EMR, MPL, LIB, NEXS, HSM, AUK, NWT, PEG, and NTBR
Should you be buying Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norman Broadbent include RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Libertine (LIB), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Newmark Security (NWT), Petards Group (PEG), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) and RTC Group (LON:RTC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
38.2% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.0% of RTC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.6% of RTC Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, RTC Group had 3 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RTC Group and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat RTC Group's score of -0.64 indicating that Norman Broadbent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTC Group has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RTC Group received 22 more outperform votes than Norman Broadbent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave RTC Group an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Norman Broadbent an outperform vote.
Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 2.51% compared to RTC Group's net margin of 1.87%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 30.22% beat RTC Group's return on equity.
RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent.
Summary
RTC Group beats Norman Broadbent on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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