FORT vs. IBST, MBH, MSLH, SRC, BREE, CAML, FXPO, KMR, GGP, and TET
Should you be buying Forterra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forterra include Ibstock (IBST), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Marshalls (MSLH), SigmaRoc (SRC), Breedon Group (BREE), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Greatland Gold (GGP), and Treatt (TET). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Forterra (LON:FORT) and Ibstock (LON:IBST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Forterra has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ibstock has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ibstock pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Forterra 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. Ibstock pays out 14,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ibstock has a net margin of 5.19% compared to Forterra's net margin of 3.69%. Forterra's return on equity of 5.98% beat Ibstock's return on equity.
Ibstock has higher revenue and earnings than Forterra. Forterra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ibstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.6% of Forterra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Ibstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Forterra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Ibstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Forterra currently has a consensus target price of GBX 211.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Ibstock has a consensus target price of GBX 150, suggesting a potential downside of 1.06%. Given Forterra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Forterra is more favorable than Ibstock.
Ibstock received 87 more outperform votes than Forterra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.94% of users gave Ibstock an outperform vote while only 74.89% of users gave Forterra an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ibstock had 2 more articles in the media than Forterra. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ibstock and 0 mentions for Forterra. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Ibstock's score of -0.11 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ibstock beats Forterra on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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