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Steppe Cement (STCM) Competitors

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GBX 18.70 +1.20 (+6.86%)
As of 09/5/2025 11:04 AM Eastern

STCM vs. MBH, ECOB, CRH, PLP, BREE, SRC, IBST, MSLH, FORT, and SRB

Should you be buying Steppe Cement stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steppe Cement include Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), Genuit Group (PLP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), Forterra (FORT), and Serabi Gold (SRB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Steppe Cement vs. Its Competitors

Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) and Steppe Cement (LON:STCM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

11.4% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.5% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 10 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 0 mentions for Steppe Cement. Steppe Cement's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of -0.09 indicating that Steppe Cement is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Michelmersh Brick Neutral
Steppe Cement Neutral

Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Michelmersh Brick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 156.67, indicating a potential upside of 63.19%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Michelmersh Brick
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Steppe Cement
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Michelmersh Brick has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steppe Cement, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Michelmersh Brick£70.49M1.25£8.05M£0.061,708.19
Steppe Cement£84.92M0.48£1.21M£0.004,065.22

Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Steppe Cement's net margin of 1.22%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 8.82% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Michelmersh Brick11.46% 8.82% 5.16%
Steppe Cement 1.22%1.48%-0.22%

Summary

Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STCM vs. The Competition

MetricSteppe CementBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.95M£9.01B£3.55B£2.56B
Dividend Yield0.25%2.58%5.06%5.30%
P/E Ratio4,065.22699.44159.615,367.20
Price / Sales0.4881.9315,362.9496,783.11
Price / Cash6.428.0624.2627.93
Price / Book0.681.196.487.74
Net Income£1.21M£601.32M£149.32M£5.89B
7 Day Performance8.72%1.64%2.57%0.54%
1 Month Performance10.00%0.90%8.99%55.66%
1 Year Performance20.65%16.78%48.28%209.03%

Steppe Cement Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 18.70
+6.9%
N/A+20.6%£40.95M£84.92M4,065.22799
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
2.6356 of 5 stars
GBX 95.94
+3.7%
GBX 156.67
+63.3%
-1.6%£88.52M£70.49M1,707.12346Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 3.20
-4.5%
N/A-69.4%£3.24M£1.39M-64.0024Positive News
CRH
CRH
1.0852 of 5 stars
GBX 8,284.39
+0.5%
GBX 8,601
+3.8%
+28.9%£55.70B£36.35B1,736.7777,400High Trading Volume
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
BREE
Breedon Group
3.4123 of 5 stars
GBX 368.80
+0.9%
GBX 561.67
+52.3%
-9.6%£1.28B£1.63B1,418.463,900Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SRC
SigmaRoc
1.6882 of 5 stars
GBX 116.22
+0.2%
GBX 140
+20.5%
+72.4%£1.26B£962.51M5,960.002,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IBST
Ibstock
3.121 of 5 stars
GBX 134.80
+1.2%
GBX 199.33
+47.9%
-23.8%£532.00M£381.46M4,493.331,943High Trading Volume
MSLH
Marshalls
3.6169 of 5 stars
GBX 176
+0.8%
GBX 327.50
+86.1%
-46.0%£445.02M£632M1,872.342,726Negative News
High Trading Volume
FORT
Forterra
3.5563 of 5 stars
GBX 188.20
+0.3%
GBX 241.83
+28.5%
+11.2%£396.94M£377.30M2,543.241,787High Trading Volume
SRB
Serabi Gold
N/AGBX 215
+2.4%
N/A+198.6%£162.83M£114.40M433.99646

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This page (LON:STCM) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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