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Ibstock (IBST) Competitors

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GBX 166.80 -2.00 (-1.18%)
As of 01/20/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

IBST vs. PLP, BREE, SRC, MSLH, FORT, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and JMAT

Should you be buying Ibstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ibstock include Genuit Group (PLP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Forterra (FORT), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), and Johnson Matthey (JMAT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Ibstock vs.

Ibstock (LON:IBST) and Genuit Group (LON:PLP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Ibstock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genuit Group. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ibstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ibstock£361.30M1.82£7.25M£0.028,340.00
Genuit Group£398.60M0.00N/A£8.40N/A

Ibstock currently has a consensus target price of GBX 166.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.08%. Given Genuit Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Ibstock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ibstock
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Genuit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Ibstock has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.00%. Ibstock's return on equity of 1.79% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ibstock2.01% 1.79% 3.33%
Genuit Group N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Ibstock had 5 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ibstock and 0 mentions for Genuit Group. Ibstock's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ibstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ibstock Neutral
Genuit Group Neutral

Ibstock received 51 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.84% of users gave Ibstock an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IbstockOutperform Votes
428
76.84%
Underperform Votes
129
23.16%
Genuit GroupOutperform Votes
377
68.92%
Underperform Votes
170
31.08%

90.8% of Ibstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ibstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ibstock beats Genuit Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IBST vs. The Competition

MetricIbstockBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£656.96M£6.33B£2.99B£2.03B
Dividend Yield2.77%2.90%5.10%5.16%
P/E Ratio8,340.00651.26110.221,927.10
Price / Sales1.8277.26881,333.02421,310.89
Price / Cash9.868.0624.2929.19
Price / Book1.671.303.773.07
Net Income£7.25M£454.25M£153.08M£183.47M
7 Day Performance2.08%0.95%1.56%3.07%
1 Month Performance-5.23%-1.60%4.27%3.53%
1 Year Performance15.59%10.59%27.76%165.99%

Ibstock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IBST
Ibstock
1.0218 of 5 stars
GBX 166.80
-1.2%
GBX 166.67
-0.1%
+15.6%£656.96M£361.30M8,340.001,943Gap Down
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
BREE
Breedon Group
1.8021 of 5 stars
GBX 405.50
-1.2%
GBX 518.33
+27.8%
+20.5%£1.39B£1.51B1,448.213,900
SRC
SigmaRoc
2.2713 of 5 stars
GBX 71.70
-0.7%
GBX 95
+32.5%
+22.2%£795.87M£759.05M-7,170.002,000
MSLH
Marshalls
2.897 of 5 stars
GBX 248.50
-2.0%
GBX 395
+59.0%
-2.8%£628.38M£623.80M3,106.252,726
FORT
Forterra
1.8278 of 5 stars
GBX 152.80
-1.2%
GBX 180.87
+18.4%
+5.6%£316.14M£325.30M3,820.001,787News Coverage
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
2.7653 of 5 stars
GBX 106
+1.8%
GBX 170
+60.4%
+2.5%£99.30M£70.69M1,325.00346
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 14.30
-4.2%
N/A-36.3%£31.32M£79.26M665.00799Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 7.50
-4.8%
N/A-49.2%£6.11MN/A-250.0024Gap Down
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,484
+0.1%
N/A+47.2%£50.87B£35B2,022.7077,400
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
3.2532 of 5 stars
GBX 1,316
+0.3%
GBX 1,975
+50.1%
-12.8%£2.29B£12.84B2,268.97N/ANegative News

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This page (LON:IBST) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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