SHI vs. BRCK, LORD, FLO, BMTO, BMT, SLNG, FERG, DPLM, RS1, and GFTU
Should you be buying SIG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SIG include Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), Ferguson (FERG), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), and Grafton Group (GFTU). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
SIG vs.
SIG (LON:SHI) and Brickability Group (LON:BRCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, SIG and SIG both had 1 articles in the media. SIG's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Brickability Group's score of 0.51 indicating that SIG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brickability Group has a net margin of 2.59% compared to SIG's net margin of -2.35%. Brickability Group's return on equity of 8.24% beat SIG's return on equity.
SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.2%. Brickability Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SIG pays out -75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brickability Group pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SIG presently has a consensus target price of GBX 814.78, indicating a potential upside of 5,024.37%. Given SIG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SIG is more favorable than Brickability Group.
63.0% of SIG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of SIG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by 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.
SIG has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brickability Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brickability Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SIG. SIG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brickability Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SIG received 561 more outperform votes than Brickability Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Brickability Group an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave SIG an outperform vote.
Summary
SIG beats Brickability Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SHI) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
