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SPX vs. MRO, SMIN, WEIR, IMI, ROR, ITRK, DPLM, HLMA, IAG, and EZJ

Should you be buying Spirax-Sarco Engineering stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirax-Sarco Engineering include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), IMI (IMI), Rotork (ROR), Intertek Group (ITRK), Diploma (DPLM), Halma (HLMA), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering vs.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering (LON:SPX) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Spirax-Sarco Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Melrose Industries and 3 mentions for Spirax-Sarco Engineering. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Spirax-Sarco Engineering's score of 0.20 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Melrose Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays an annual dividend of GBX 160 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays out 6,425.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -30.42%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering's return on equity of 15.81% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirax-Sarco Engineering10.91% 15.81% 7.01%
Melrose Industries -30.42%0.02%0.34%

Spirax-Sarco Engineering currently has a consensus price target of £101.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.44%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 590, indicating a potential downside of 4.68%. Given Spirax-Sarco Engineering's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Spirax-Sarco Engineering is more favorable than Melrose Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

82.0% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Melrose Industries received 619 more outperform votes than Spirax-Sarco Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.69% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Spirax-Sarco Engineering an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Spirax-Sarco EngineeringOutperform Votes
382
54.73%
Underperform Votes
316
45.27%
Melrose IndustriesOutperform Votes
1001
84.69%
Underperform Votes
181
15.31%

Spirax-Sarco Engineering has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spirax-Sarco Engineering£1.68B4.10£183.60M£2.493,753.89
Melrose Industries£3.35B2.42£1MN/AN/A

Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Melrose Industries beats Spirax-Sarco Engineering on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPX vs. The Competition

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MetricSpirax-Sarco EngineeringSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.88B£4.46B£3.67B£1.44B
Dividend Yield1.67%2.48%4.33%11.83%
P/E Ratio3,753.89268.49400.971,679.58
Price / Sales4.103,036.34570.12311,152.30
Price / Cash27.4810.2130.6832.92
Price / Book5.952.424.202.67
Net Income£183.60M£293.98M£194.89M£165.49M
7 Day Performance1.88%0.74%1.16%1.25%
1 Month Performance1.43%4.50%3.72%5.04%
1 Year Performance-16.80%4.56%19.36%10.76%

Spirax-Sarco Engineering Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRO
Melrose Industries
0.9768 of 5 stars		GBX 609.20
-0.4%		GBX 590
-3.2%		+26.0%£7.98B£3.35B-30,060.0013,492Positive News
SMIN
Smiths Group
1.1591 of 5 stars		GBX 1,732
+0.5%		GBX 1,846.67
+6.6%		+0.8%£6.00B£3.05B2,624.2415,156
WEIR
The Weir Group
0.2727 of 5 stars		GBX 2,102
+0.4%		GBX 2,188.75
+4.1%		+17.0%£5.46B£2.64B2,388.6412,391
IMI
IMI
0.3535 of 5 stars		GBX 1,890
+0.3%		GBX 1,983.33
+4.9%		+12.9%£4.91B£2.20B2,032.2610,000
ROR
Rotork
0.112 of 5 stars		GBX 338.20
+0.4%		GBX 336.67
-0.5%		-2.2%£2.90B£719.15M2,601.543,342
ITRK
Intertek Group
1.0705 of 5 stars		GBX 4,952
+0.6%		GBX 4,959.17
+0.1%		+19.9%£7.98B£3.33B2,706.0143,908
DPLM
Diploma
0.1639 of 5 stars		GBX 4,118
+0.8%		GBX 3,712.50
-9.8%		+35.9%£5.52B£1.20B4,525.273,319Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
HLMA
Halma
0.0246 of 5 stars		GBX 2,338
+0.3%		GBX 2,315
-1.0%		-6.6%£8.83B£1.93B3,711.118,000High Trading Volume
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
2.6422 of 5 stars		GBX 183.35
-0.4%		GBX 225
+22.7%		+12.9%£9.02B£29.45B416.7054,669
EZJ
easyJet
2.2198 of 5 stars		GBX 526.40
+0.3%		GBX 663.75
+26.1%		-2.2%£3.96B£8.17B1,224.1916,697Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume

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