SigmaRoc (SRC) Competitors

Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, BREE or SRC?

Breedon Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BREE or SRC?

Breedon Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SigmaRoc. SigmaRoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Breedon 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
Breedon Group	£1.52B	1.05	£96.41M	£27.93	16.64
SigmaRoc	£77.21B	0.02	-£226.13M	-£19.85	-5.37

Is BREE or SRC more profitable?

Breedon Group has a net margin of 6.34% compared to SigmaRoc's net margin of -0.29%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 8.58% beat SigmaRoc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Breedon Group	6.34%	8.58%	4.82%
SigmaRoc	-0.29%	-0.37%	2.05%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BREE or SRC?

62.3% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of SigmaRoc shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BREE or SRC?

Breedon Group received 303 more outperform votes than SigmaRoc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.64% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 75.15% of users gave SigmaRoc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Breedon Group	Outperform Votes 427 81.64%	Underperform Votes 96 18.36%
SigmaRoc	Outperform Votes 124 75.15%	Underperform Votes 41 24.85%

Do analysts rate BREE or SRC?

Breedon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 578.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.43%. SigmaRoc has a consensus target price of GBX 95, indicating a potential downside of 10.88%. Given Breedon Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than SigmaRoc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Breedon Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SigmaRoc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to BREE or SRC?

In the previous week, SigmaRoc had 3 more articles in the media than Breedon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SigmaRoc and 1 mentions for Breedon Group. SigmaRoc's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Breedon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that SigmaRoc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Breedon Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SigmaRoc	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Breedon Group beats SigmaRoc on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.