SHI vs. BRCK, LORD, FNTL, CHRT, ITM, RST, RWA, PRV, RCDO, and ELIX
Should you be buying SIG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SIG include Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Fintel (FNTL), Cohort (CHRT), ITM Power (ITM), Restore (RST), Robert Walters (RWA), Porvair (PRV), Ricardo (RCDO), and Elixirr International (ELIX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
SIG (LON:SHI) and Brickability Group (LON:BRCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Given SIG's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SIG is more favorable than Brickability Group.
SIG received 560 more outperform votes than Brickability Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Brickability Group an outperform vote while only 56.21% of users gave SIG an outperform vote.
Brickability Group has a net margin of 4.27% compared to SIG's net margin of -1.57%. Brickability Group's return on equity of 16.31% beat SIG's return on equity.
In the previous week, SIG had 3 more articles in the media than Brickability Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SIG and 1 mentions for Brickability Group. Brickability Group's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat SIG's score of -0.31 indicating that Brickability Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.1% of SIG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.3% of Brickability Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of SIG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Brickability Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SIG pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brickability Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brickability Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SIG. SIG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brickability Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SIG has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brickability Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brickability Group beats SIG on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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