MSLH vs. SRC, IBST, FORT, BREE, ADT1, ATYM, HOC, TKO, ELM, and ESNT
Should you be buying Marshalls stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marshalls include SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Breedon Group (BREE), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Taseko Mines (TKO), Elementis (ELM), and Essentra (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Marshalls (LON:MSLH) and SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Marshalls had 4 more articles in the media than SigmaRoc. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Marshalls and 1 mentions for SigmaRoc. Marshalls' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat SigmaRoc's score of 0.00 indicating that Marshalls is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marshalls has higher revenue and earnings than SigmaRoc. SigmaRoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marshalls, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marshalls has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.3% of Marshalls shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Marshalls shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marshalls received 229 more outperform votes than SigmaRoc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave SigmaRoc an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Marshalls an outperform vote.
Marshalls has a net margin of 2.77% compared to SigmaRoc's net margin of 2.33%. SigmaRoc's return on equity of 3.40% beat Marshalls' return on equity.
Marshalls currently has a consensus price target of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 48.94%. Given Marshalls' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marshalls is more favorable than SigmaRoc.
Summary
Marshalls beats SigmaRoc on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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