NXR vs. SRAD, ECEL, EPWN, ALU, COD, TYMN, GTLY, DLAR, CGS, and BEG
Should you be buying Norcros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norcros include Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Tyman (TYMN), Gateley (GTLY), De La Rue (DLAR), Castings (CGS), and Begbies Traynor Group (BEG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Stelrad Group (LON:SRAD) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Norcros received 267 more outperform votes than Stelrad Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Norcros had 1 more articles in the media than Stelrad Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Norcros and 0 mentions for Stelrad Group. Stelrad Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Norcros is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stelrad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Stelrad Group pays out 6,666.7% 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 6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Stelrad Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Norcros. Stelrad Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norcros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Norcros has a consensus price target of GBX 320, indicating a potential upside of 79.78%. Given Stelrad Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than Stelrad Group.
Stelrad Group has a net margin of 5.01% compared to Stelrad Group's net margin of 3.57%. Norcros' return on equity of 28.93% beat Stelrad Group's return on equity.
36.8% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Norcros shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Stelrad Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Norcros beats Stelrad Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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