Steppe Cement (STCM) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to MBH or STCM?

In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 1 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 0 mentions for Steppe Cement. Michelmersh Brick's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Steppe Cement'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Michelmersh Brick	Neutral
Steppe Cement	Neutral

Do analysts prefer MBH or STCM?

Michelmersh Brick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 56.89%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Michelmersh Brick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Steppe Cement	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MBH or STCM?

Michelmersh Brick received 33 more outperform votes than Steppe Cement when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.74% of users gave Steppe Cement an outperform vote while only 72.37% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Michelmersh Brick	Outperform Votes 165 72.37%	Underperform Votes 63 27.63%
Steppe Cement	Outperform Votes 132 73.74%	Underperform Votes 47 26.26%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MBH or STCM?

Michelmersh Brick has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Michelmersh Brick	£70.21M	1.42	£8.05M	£8.79	12.32
Steppe Cement	£99.20M	0.40	£1.21M	£0.35	40.72

Is MBH or STCM a better dividend stock?

Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Michelmersh Brick pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MBH or STCM?

47.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.2% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.2% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MBH or STCM 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
Michelmersh Brick	11.46%	8.82%	5.16%
Steppe Cement	1.22%	1.48%	-0.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, MBH or STCM?

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

Summary

Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.