EPWN vs. COD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, KGP, ALU, TON, HSM, and NTBR
Should you be buying Epwin Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Epwin Group include Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Kingspan Group (KGP), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Epwin Group vs.
Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Epwin Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Epwin Group's net margin of 2.81%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.41% beat Epwin Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Epwin Group had 4 more articles in the media than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Epwin Group and 1 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Epwin Group's score of 1.01 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Epwin Group received 6 more outperform votes than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.68% of users gave Compagnie de Saint-Gobain an outperform vote while only 69.69% of users gave Epwin Group an outperform vote.
42.2% of Epwin Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Epwin Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 242.3%. Epwin Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 3,690.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Epwin Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epwin Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Epwin Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EPWN) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
