SHI vs. BRCK, LORD, FLO, BMT, BMTO, SLNG, FERG, DPLM, RS1, and GFTU
Should you be buying SIG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SIG include Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMT), Braime Group (BMTO), H C Slingsby (SLNG), Ferguson (FERG), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), and Grafton Group (GFTU). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
SIG vs. Its Competitors
Brickability Group (LON:BRCK) and SIG (LON:SHI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Brickability Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SIG has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brickability Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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 8.24% beat SIG's return on equity.
44.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of SIG shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of Brickability Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of SIG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brickability Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. SIG pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 27.8%. Brickability Group pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SIG pays out -75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SIG has a consensus price target of GBX 14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.78%. Given SIG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SIG is more favorable than Brickability Group.
In the previous week, Brickability Group had 1 more articles in the media than SIG. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brickability Group and 0 mentions for SIG. Brickability Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SIG'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Brickability Group beats SIG on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SHI) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
