CRH vs. AAL, GLEN, ANTO, WPM, RIO, BHP, BREE, SRC, MSLH, and IBST Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Anglo American (AAL), Glencore (GLEN), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), BHP Group (BHP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), and Ibstock (IBST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Anglo American (LON:AAL ) and CRH (LON:CRH ) 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 profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Anglo American had 19 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Anglo American and 3 mentions for CRH. CRH's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Anglo American's score of 0.23 indicating that Anglo American is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CRH has a net margin of 9.48% compared to CRH's net margin of 0.92%. Anglo American's return on equity of 14.70% beat CRH's return on equity.
Anglo American received 689 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote while only 52.39% of users gave Anglo American an outperform vote.
Anglo American has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Anglo American presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,793.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. CRH has a consensus target price of GBX 5,551, suggesting a potential downside of 14.28%. Given CRH's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Anglo American is more favorable than CRH.
71.9% of Anglo American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Anglo American shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Anglo American pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 162 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Anglo American pays out 42,777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CRH pays out 4,525.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Anglo American. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary Anglo American and CRH tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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