SRAD vs. NXR, ECEL, EPWN, ALU, COD, TYMN, DLAR, PPHC, CGS, and GTLY
Should you be buying Stelrad Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stelrad Group include Norcros (NXR), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Tyman (TYMN), De La Rue (DLAR), Public Policy (PPHC), Castings (CGS), and Gateley (GTLY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Norcros (LON:NXR) and Stelrad Group (LON:SRAD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Norcros presently has a consensus target price of GBX 320, indicating a potential upside of 89.35%. Given Stelrad Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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.
Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Stelrad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 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.
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. Norcros' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Stelrad Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Stelrad Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stelrad Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Norcros. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stelrad Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.0% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Norcros shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Stelrad Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Norcros received 267 more outperform votes than Stelrad Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Norcros has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stelrad Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Norcros and Stelrad Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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