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Norcros (NXR) Competitors

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GBX 284 -9.00 (-3.07%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:04 PM Eastern

NXR vs. GEN, TYMN, JHD, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, EPWN, KGP, ALU, and NTBR

Should you be buying Norcros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norcros include Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), The Alumasc Group (ALU), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.

Norcros vs. Its Competitors

Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Genuit Group and Genuit Group both had 1 articles in the media. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Norcros' score of 0.34 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genuit Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Norcros
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Norcros has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 4.26%. Norcros' return on equity of 12.35% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genuit Group4.26% 3.74% 4.59%
Norcros 6.83%12.35%6.15%

Norcros has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genuit Group. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genuit Group£553.28M1.72£23.57M£9.5340.29
Norcros£392.22M0.65£26.81M£30.119.43

Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Genuit Group pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norcros is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Genuit Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 520, suggesting a potential upside of 35.42%. Norcros has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.64%. Given Genuit Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Norcros.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genuit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Norcros
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Norcros shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Norcros beats Genuit Group on 9 of the 15 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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NXR vs. The Competition

MetricNorcrosBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£253.97M£3.38B£7.60B£3.03B
Dividend Yield4.52%3.03%4.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.4353.2724.90176.75
Price / Sales0.6586.6798.63264,362.45
Price / Cash5.2217.0727.7627.97
Price / Book1.141.764.314.53
Net Income£26.81M£18.85B£792.92M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.73%-3.32%-1.94%12.58%
1 Month Performance5.19%-1.98%2.26%6.10%
1 Year Performance24.02%-0.11%29.52%71.60%

Norcros Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXR
Norcros
3.79 of 5 stars
GBX 284
-3.1%
GBX 362.50
+27.6%
+20.9%£253.97M£392.22M9.432,400
GEN
Genuit Group
2.2652 of 5 stars
GBX 392
-1.1%
GBX 520
+32.7%
-24.3%£972.28M£553.28M41.132,700News Coverage
TYMN
Tyman
N/AN/AN/AN/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 157
-0.3%
N/A-22.3%£656.72M£275.88M15.82860
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 170.70
-1.0%
N/A+29.6%£226.78M£306.97M14.672,960
SUR
Sureserve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£212.37M£304.16M1,383.332,756
ECEL
Eurocell
3.7989 of 5 stars
GBX 153
+1.0%
GBX 300
+96.1%
-5.2%£155.71M£330.14M13.472,101Positive News
EPWN
Epwin Group
N/AGBX 99.90
-0.6%
N/A+2.7%£137.24M£310.67M15.732,151News Coverage
KGP
Kingspan Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£132.44M£8.34B22.4722,000
ALU
The Alumasc Group
N/AGBX 355
+2.9%
N/A+59.0%£126.26M£99.64M14.51420
NTBR
Northern Bear
N/AGBX 101.88
+0.9%
N/A+56.2%£14.01M£55.17M10.74411High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:NXR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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