SIG (SHI) Competitors

SIG (LON:SHI) and Brickability Group (LON:BRCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, SHI or BRCK?

SIG has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brickability Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHI or BRCK a better dividend stock?

SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.4%. Brickability Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SHI or BRCK?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SHI or BRCK?

In the previous week, SIG had 2 more articles in the media than Brickability Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SIG and 1 mentions for Brickability Group. Brickability Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat SIG's score of 0.34 indicating that Brickability Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SIG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brickability Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHI or BRCK?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SIG	Outperform Votes 571 56.15%	Underperform Votes 446 43.85%
Brickability Group	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Is SHI or BRCK more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIG	-2.35%	-28.09%	1.03%
Brickability Group	2.59%	8.24%	4.09%

Do analysts rate SHI or BRCK?

SIG currently has a consensus price target of GBX 19.70, indicating a potential upside of 29.80%. Given SIG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SIG is more favorable than Brickability Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SIG	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Brickability Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SHI or BRCK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SIG	£2.74B	0.07	-£64.23M	-£5.33	-2.85
Brickability Group	£632.36M	0.36	£16.36M	£5.03	13.98

Summary

SIG and Brickability Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.