CRH vs. PLP, BREE, MSLH, SRC, IBST, FORT, MBH, STCM, ECOB, and BHP
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Genuit Group (PLP), Breedon Group (BREE), Marshalls (MSLH), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), and BHP Group (BHP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CRH (LON:CRH) and Genuit Group (LON:PLP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Genuit Group. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CRH has a net margin of 9.48% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.00%. CRH's return on equity of 14.70% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
Genuit Group received 57 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Genuit Group had 2 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genuit Group and 1 mentions for CRH. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.05 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.7% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CRH presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,551, suggesting a potential downside of 10.03%. Given CRH's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CRH is more favorable than Genuit Group.
Summary
CRH beats Genuit Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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