SIG (SHI) Competitors

SIG (LON:SHI) and Brickability Group (LON:BRCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is SHI or BRCK more profitable?

Brickability Group has a net margin of 2.59% compared to SIG's net margin of -2.35%. Brickability Group's return on equity of 8.37% beat SIG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SIG	-2.35%	-25.52%	1.03%
Brickability Group	2.59%	8.37%	4.09%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHI or BRCK?

SIG received 560 more outperform votes than Brickability Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Brickability Group an outperform vote while only 56.10% of users gave SIG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SIG	Outperform Votes 570 56.10%	Underperform Votes 446 43.90%
Brickability Group	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Is SHI or BRCK a better dividend stock?

SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.0%. Brickability Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. SIG pays out -8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brickability Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate SHI or BRCK?

SIG currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,081.70, suggesting a potential upside of 5,308.50%. Given SIG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SIG is more favorable than Brickability Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SIG	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Brickability Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer SHI or BRCK?

In the previous week, Brickability Group had 1 more articles in the media than SIG. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Brickability Group and 1 mentions for SIG. SIG's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Brickability Group's score of 0.00 indicating that SIG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SIG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brickability Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SHI or BRCK?

Brickability Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SIG. SIG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brickability Group, 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
SIG	£2.65B	0.09	-£62.30M	-£0.05	-400.00
Brickability Group	£594.08M	0.34	£15.37M	£0.05	1,250.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHI or BRCK?

63.0% of SIG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Brickability Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of SIG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brickability Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SHI or BRCK?

SIG has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brickability Group has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brickability Group beats SIG on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.