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
Norcros (LON:NXR) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
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.
68.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Norcros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Norcros has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 0.40 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norcros presently has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.39%. Genuit Group has a consensus target price of GBX 520, suggesting a potential upside of 34.37%. 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. 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.
Summary
Norcros beats Genuit Group on 9 of the 16 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 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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