NXR vs. JHD, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, KGP, EPWN, ALU, NTBR, HSM, and TON
Should you be buying Norcros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norcros include James Halstead (JHD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Kingspan Group (KGP), Epwin Group (EPWN), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Northern Bear (NTBR), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and Titon (TON). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Norcros vs.
Norcros (LON:NXR) and James Halstead (LON:JHD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Norcros presently has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.93%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Norcros is more favorable than James Halstead.
James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Norcros' net margin of 6.83%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Norcros' return on equity.
68.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of James Halstead shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Norcros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.1% of James Halstead shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James Halstead pays out 90.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Norcros received 123 more outperform votes than James Halstead when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.52% of users gave Norcros an outperform vote while only 72.51% of users gave James Halstead an outperform vote.
James Halstead has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Norcros. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Halstead, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Norcros had 2 more articles in the media than James Halstead. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Norcros and 4 mentions for James Halstead. James Halstead's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Norcros' score of 0.23 indicating that James Halstead is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norcros has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Norcros beats James Halstead on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NXR) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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