Steppe Cement (STCM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STCM or MBH?

17.8% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.2% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by 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 and risk, STCM or MBH?

Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer STCM or MBH?

In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 10 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 0 mentions for Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Steppe Cement's score of 0.00 indicating that Michelmersh Brick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Steppe Cement	Neutral
Michelmersh Brick	Neutral

Is STCM or MBH a better dividend stock?

Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Steppe Cement pays out 565.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STCM or MBH?

Michelmersh Brick received 35 more outperform votes than Steppe Cement when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.74% of users gave Steppe Cement an outperform vote while only 72.61% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steppe Cement	Outperform Votes 132 73.74%	Underperform Votes 47 26.26%
Michelmersh Brick	Outperform Votes 167 72.61%	Underperform Votes 63 27.39%

Which has better earnings & valuation, STCM or MBH?

Michelmersh Brick has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steppe Cement, 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
Steppe Cement	£99.20M	0.44	£1.21M	£0.35	44.53
Michelmersh Brick	£70.21M	1.27	£8.05M	£8.79	11.00

Is STCM or MBH more profitable?

Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Steppe Cement's net margin of 1.22%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 8.82% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steppe Cement	1.22%	1.48%	-0.22%
Michelmersh Brick	11.46%	8.82%	5.16%

Do analysts rate STCM or MBH?

Michelmersh Brick has a consensus target price of GBX 166.67, indicating a potential upside of 72.33%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steppe Cement	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Michelmersh Brick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.