CRH vs. GLEN, AAL, RIO, ANTO, WPM, BHP, BREE, SRC, MSLH, and IBST
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Glencore (GLEN), Anglo American (AAL), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), BHP Group (BHP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), and Ibstock (IBST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CRH (LON:CRH) and Glencore (LON:GLEN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Glencore had 7 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Glencore and 0 mentions for CRH. Glencore's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat CRH's score of 0.06 indicating that Glencore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CRH presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,551, indicating a potential downside of 11.92%. Glencore has a consensus price target of GBX 556.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Given Glencore's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Glencore is more favorable than CRH.
Glencore has higher revenue and earnings than CRH. Glencore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.3% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of Glencore shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Glencore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CRH has a net margin of 9.09% compared to Glencore's net margin of 1.97%. CRH's return on equity of 13.76% beat Glencore's return on equity.
CRH has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glencore has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 215 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CRH pays out 6,268.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Glencore pays out 3,703.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Glencore received 1958 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.68% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
Summary
CRH and Glencore tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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