NBB vs. RTC, EMR, NEXS, XSG, HSM, AUK, MPL, LIB, NTBR, and LIFS
Should you be buying Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norman Broadbent include RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL), Libertine (LIB), Northern Bear (NTBR), and LifeSafe (LIFS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RTC Group (LON:RTC) and Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
RTC Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent.
Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 2.51% compared to Norman Broadbent's net margin of 1.87%. RTC Group's return on equity of 30.22% beat Norman Broadbent's return on equity.
10.0% of RTC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.6% of RTC Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RTC Group received 22 more outperform votes than Norman Broadbent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave RTC Group an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Norman Broadbent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, RTC Group had 5 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RTC Group and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat RTC Group's score of 0.00 indicating that RTC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
RTC Group beats Norman Broadbent on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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