BMT vs. LORD, FLO, BMTO, SLNG, FERG, DPLM, RS1, GFTU, BRCK, and SHI
Should you be buying Braime Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braime Group include Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), H C Slingsby (SLNG), Ferguson (FERG), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Grafton Group (GFTU), Brickability Group (BRCK), and SIG (SHI). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Braime Group vs.
Braime Group (LON:BMT) and Lords Group Trading (LON:LORD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Braime Group received 41 more outperform votes than Lords Group Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lords Group Trading an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Braime Group an outperform vote.
Braime Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lords Group Trading has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lords Group Trading has a consensus target price of GBX 80, indicating a potential upside of 162.08%. Given Lords Group Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lords Group Trading is more favorable than Braime Group.
2.1% of Braime Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Lords Group Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of Braime Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.2% of Lords Group Trading shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Braime Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lords Group Trading pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Braime Group pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lords Group Trading pays out -178.0% 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. Lords Group Trading is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Braime Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lords Group Trading'saverage media sentiment score.
Braime Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lords Group Trading. Lords Group Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braime Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Braime Group has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Lords Group Trading's net margin of -0.40%. Braime Group's return on equity of 8.80% beat Lords Group Trading's return on equity.
Summary
Lords Group Trading beats Braime Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BMT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
