BREE vs. SRC, MSLH, IBST, FORT, VSVS, VCT, CEY, ELM, HOC, and ADT1
Should you be buying Breedon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Breedon Group include SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Vesuvius (VSVS), Victrex (VCT), Centamin (CEY), Elementis (ELM), Hochschild Mining (HOC), and Adriatic Metals (ADT1). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Breedon Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Breedon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given Breedon Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than SigmaRoc.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 7.09% compared to SigmaRoc's net margin of 2.33%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 9.80% beat SigmaRoc's return on equity.
Breedon Group received 300 more outperform votes than SigmaRoc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.50% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave SigmaRoc an outperform vote.
Breedon Group has higher revenue and earnings than SigmaRoc. Breedon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SigmaRoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.2% of Breedon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of SigmaRoc shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Breedon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of SigmaRoc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 6 more articles in the media than SigmaRoc. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Breedon Group and 0 mentions for SigmaRoc. SigmaRoc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Breedon Group's score of -0.01 indicating that SigmaRoc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Breedon Group beats SigmaRoc on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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