MBH vs. FORT, STCM, ECOB, CRH, BREE, PLP, SRC, IBST, MSLH, and CAML
Should you be buying Michelmersh Brick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Michelmersh Brick include Forterra (FORT), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), and Central Asia Metals (CAML). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Michelmersh Brick vs.
Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) and Forterra (LON:FORT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forterra has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Forterra shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.2% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Forterra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Michelmersh Brick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 166.67, suggesting a potential upside of 70.07%. Forterra has a consensus target price of GBX 218.15, suggesting a potential upside of 31.10%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Forterra.
Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Michelmersh Brick pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Forterra pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Michelmersh Brick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Forterra received 176 more outperform votes than Michelmersh Brick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.40% of users gave Forterra an outperform vote while only 72.61% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 7 more articles in the media than Forterra. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 2 mentions for Forterra. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of 0.27 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Forterra's net margin of 2.46%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 8.82% beat Forterra's return on equity.
Michelmersh Brick has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forterra. Michelmersh Brick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forterra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Forterra on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MBH) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
