ECOB vs. CRH, BREE, PLP, SRC, IBST, MSLH, FORT, MBH, STCM, and LEX
Should you be buying Eco Buildings Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eco Buildings Group include CRH (CRH), Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), Forterra (FORT), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), and Lexington Gold (LEX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eco Buildings Group vs.
Eco Buildings Group (LON:ECOB) and CRH (LON:CRH) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, CRH had 2 more articles in the media than Eco Buildings Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CRH and 0 mentions for Eco Buildings Group. CRH's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Eco Buildings Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.9% of Eco Buildings Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 83.3% of Eco Buildings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CRH has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Eco Buildings Group's net margin of -1,820.18%. CRH's return on equity of 18.07% beat Eco Buildings Group's return on equity.
CRH received 320 more outperform votes than Eco Buildings Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Eco Buildings Group. Eco Buildings Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CRH beats Eco Buildings Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ECOB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
