CRH (CRH) Competitors

CRH (LON:CRH) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CRH or SVT?

91.8% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CRH or SVT?

In the previous week, CRH and CRH both had 1 articles in the media. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.00 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CRH	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Severn Trent	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRH or SVT?

Severn Trent received 47 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CRH	Outperform Votes 320 64.26%	Underperform Votes 178 35.74%
Severn Trent	Outperform Votes 367 52.35%	Underperform Votes 334 47.65%

Is CRH or SVT more profitable?

CRH has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of 6.00%. CRH's return on equity of 18.07% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CRH	10.44%	18.07%	6.20%
Severn Trent	6.00%	10.40%	2.35%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRH or SVT?

CRH has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRH or SVT?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Severn Trent. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CRH	£44.94B	1.36	£4.69B	£437.92	16.31
Severn Trent	£2.97B	2.46	£177.90M	£59.91	40.78

Do analysts recommend CRH or SVT?

Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,740, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than CRH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Severn Trent	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is CRH or SVT a better dividend stock?

CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CRH pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

CRH beats Severn Trent on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.