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Steppe Cement (STCM) Competitors

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GBX 15.10 +0.10 (+0.67%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:14 PM ET)

STCM vs. MBH, ECOB, CRH, BREE, PLP, SRC, MSLH, IBST, FORT, and TRR

Should you be buying Steppe Cement stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steppe Cement include Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), and Trident Royalties (TRR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Steppe Cement vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Steppe CementOutperform Votes
132
73.74%
Underperform Votes
47
26.26%
Michelmersh BrickOutperform Votes
165
72.37%
Underperform Votes
63
27.63%

Michelmersh Brick has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Steppe Cement.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Steppe Cement£79.26M0.42£4.53MN/AN/A
Michelmersh Brick£70.69M1.38£8.10M£0.081,300.00

Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Michelmersh Brick pays out 6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

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

Michelmersh Brick has a consensus target price of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 63.46%. Given Michelmersh Brick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 8.98% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Steppe Cement1.22% 1.55% -0.22%
Michelmersh Brick 11.46%8.98%5.16%

In the previous week, Steppe Cement and Steppe Cement both had 1 articles in the media. Steppe Cement's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of 0.67 indicating that Steppe Cement is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Steppe Cement
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Michelmersh Brick
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STCM vs. The Competition

MetricSteppe CementBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.07M£6.44B£2.84B£1.90B
Dividend Yield8.57%2.90%5.16%5.55%
P/E Ratio665.00678.85112.651,821.81
Price / Sales0.4278.97797,527.89386,342.76
Price / Cash6.428.0624.3728.54
Price / Book0.561.373.402.78
Net Income£4.53M£495.79M£154.69M£157.16M
7 Day Performance-5.63%0.35%-2.91%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-5.63%0.15%1.16%21.23%
1 Year Performance-34.35%12.53%17.12%29.20%

Steppe Cement Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 15.10
+0.7%
N/A-34.3%£33.07M£79.26M665.00799News Coverage
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
2.5303 of 5 stars
GBX 102.82
-0.2%
GBX 170
+65.3%
+11.8%£96.32M£70.69M1,287.50346News Coverage
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 8.75
flat
N/AN/A£7.13MN/A-289.0024
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,748
+0.1%
N/A+39.1%£52.66B£35B2,092.4377,400
BREE
Breedon Group
1.5831 of 5 stars
GBX 459
-0.8%
GBX 518.33
+12.9%
+24.3%£1.58B£1.51B1,655.363,900
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AGBX 567
+49,076.1%
N/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139News Coverage
Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
2.8848 of 5 stars
GBX 69.49
-0.7%
GBX 95
+36.7%
+33.5%£771.36M£759.05M-7,000.002,000Insider Trade
News Coverage
MSLH
Marshalls
N/AGBX 300.84
-1.2%
GBX 395
+31.3%
+5.0%£760.72M£623.80M3,806.252,726Gap Down
IBST
Ibstock
0.7669 of 5 stars
GBX 183
-0.7%
GBX 166.67
-8.9%
+17.1%£720.76M£361.30M9,210.001,943Gap Down
FORT
Forterra
N/AGBX 172.43
-0.2%
GBX 180.87
+4.9%
-6.4%£356.76M£325.30M4,320.001,787Gap Down
TRR
Trident Royalties
N/AGBX 48.60
flat
N/AN/A£142.44M£9.52M4,860.009

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This page (LON:STCM) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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