NXR vs. GEN, TYMN, JHD, COD, SUR, SRAD, EPWN, KGP, ECEL, and ALU
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), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), Eurocell (ECEL), and The Alumasc Group (ALU). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Norcros vs. Its Competitors
Norcros (LON:NXR) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
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.
52.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of Norcros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Genuit Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Norcros pays out 264.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genuit Group pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Norcros has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Genuit Group had 3 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genuit Group and 0 mentions for Norcros. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norcros currently has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.76%. Genuit Group has a consensus target price of GBX 517.75, indicating a potential upside of 42.45%. Given Genuit Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Norcros.
Norcros has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genuit Group. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norcros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Genuit Group beats Norcros on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NXR) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
