Michelmersh Brick (MBH) Competitors

Forterra (LON:FORT) and Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FORT or MBH?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forterra	Outperform Votes 343 74.40%	Underperform Votes 118 25.60%
Michelmersh Brick	Outperform Votes 167 72.61%	Underperform Votes 63 27.39%

Do analysts recommend FORT or MBH?

Forterra currently has a consensus price target of GBX 218.15, suggesting a potential upside of 24.66%. Michelmersh Brick has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.61%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Forterra.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forterra	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Michelmersh Brick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FORT or MBH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forterra	2.46%	3.76%	4.97%
Michelmersh Brick	11.46%	8.82%	5.16%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FORT or MBH?

71.9% of Forterra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Forterra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FORT or MBH a better dividend stock?

Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Michelmersh Brick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer FORT or MBH?

In the previous week, Forterra had 1 more articles in the media than Michelmersh Brick. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Forterra and 2 mentions for Michelmersh Brick. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of -0.54 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Forterra	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Michelmersh Brick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FORT or MBH?

Michelmersh Brick has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forterra	£317.99M	1.13	£7.82M	£3.84	45.62
Michelmersh Brick	£70.21M	1.33	£8.05M	£8.79	11.52

Which has more volatility & risk, FORT or MBH?

Forterra has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Michelmersh Brick beats Forterra on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.