ALU vs. NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, KGP, EPWN, NTBR, TON, HSM, and LIFS
Should you be buying The Alumasc Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Alumasc Group include Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Eurocell (ECEL), Kingspan Group (KGP), Epwin Group (EPWN), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and LifeSafe (LIFS). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
The Alumasc Group vs. Its Competitors
The Alumasc Group (LON:ALU) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than The Alumasc Group. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Alumasc Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Norcros has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.64%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than The Alumasc Group.
27.8% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Norcros shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Norcros had 1 more articles in the media than The Alumasc Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Norcros and 0 mentions for The Alumasc Group. Norcros' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat The Alumasc Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Norcros is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Alumasc Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Alumasc Group has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Norcros' net margin of 6.83%. The Alumasc Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Norcros' return on equity.
The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Alumasc Group pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Norcros is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Norcros beats The Alumasc Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ALU) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
