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Marshalls (MSLH) Competitors

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GBX 335 +12.00 (+3.72%)
(As of 11/15/2024 12:15 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Marshalls stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marshalls include Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), 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.

Marshalls vs.

Marshalls (LON:MSLH) and Breedon Group (LON:BREE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Marshalls presently has a consensus target price of GBX 395, suggesting a potential upside of 17.91%. Breedon Group has a consensus target price of GBX 460, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Given Marshalls' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Marshalls is more favorable than Breedon Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marshalls
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Breedon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

84.3% of Marshalls shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Marshalls shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Marshalls pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Marshalls pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breedon Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breedon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Breedon Group has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Marshalls' net margin of 3.46%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 8.79% beat Marshalls' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marshalls3.46% 3.22% 2.64%
Breedon Group 6.34%8.79%4.82%

Breedon Group received 69 more outperform votes than Marshalls when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.50% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 62.77% of users gave Marshalls an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MarshallsOutperform Votes
354
62.77%
Underperform Votes
210
37.23%
Breedon GroupOutperform Votes
423
81.50%
Underperform Votes
96
18.50%

Marshalls has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Breedon Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Breedon Group had 3 more articles in the media than Marshalls. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Breedon Group and 1 mentions for Marshalls. Breedon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Marshalls' score of 0.00 indicating that Breedon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marshalls
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Breedon Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marshalls£623.80M1.36£21.60M£0.084,187.50
Breedon Group£1.51B1.00£95.70M£0.281,573.21

Summary

Breedon Group beats Marshalls on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MSLH vs. The Competition

MetricMarshallsBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£847.11M£6.58B£2.87B£1.65B
Dividend Yield2.63%2.91%5.17%6.87%
P/E Ratio4,187.50754.39101.651,777.52
Price / Sales1.3691.69557,577.47252,130.22
Price / Cash7.828.6023.8827.60
Price / Book1.281.393.682.84
Net Income£21.60M£454.25M£150.77M£158.93M
7 Day Performance4.04%-0.53%-3.58%-0.63%
1 Month Performance-5.27%0.54%-4.53%3.39%
1 Year Performance44.40%17.39%27.93%126.08%

Marshalls Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSLH
Marshalls
1.6178 of 5 stars
GBX 335
+3.7%
GBX 395
+17.9%
+51.2%£847.11M£623.80M4,187.502,726
BREE
Breedon Group
1.7005 of 5 stars
GBX 456.50
-0.1%
N/A+30.1%£1.57B£1.51B1,630.363,900Insider Buying
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AGBX 567
+49,076.1%
N/A+0.0%£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
0.8813 of 5 stars
GBX 78
-1.0%
N/A+53.3%£865.80M£759.05M-7,800.002,000Positive News
IBST
Ibstock
0.7236 of 5 stars
GBX 192.40
-1.1%
N/A+39.8%£757.79M£361.30M9,620.001,943
FORT
Forterra
0.6887 of 5 stars
GBX 187.80
-0.3%
N/A+24.8%£388.56M£325.30M4,695.001,787Gap Up
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
2.4591 of 5 stars
GBX 106.27
+1.2%
N/A+34.8%£99.55M£70.69M1,328.38346
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 13.40
-4.3%
N/A-42.3%£29.35M£79.26M665.00799Gap Down
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 8.55
-2.3%
N/A-62.5%£6.97MN/A-285.0024Gap Down
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,906
-0.5%
N/A+62.0%£53.74B£35B2,136.7677,400
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
2.9423 of 5 stars
GBX 1,504
-1.6%
N/A-0.5%£2.62B£12.84B2,593.10N/A

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This page (LON:MSLH) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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