WEIR vs. MRO, SPX, SMIN, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and CGS
Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Smiths Group (SMIN), IMI (IMI), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Castings (CGS). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Weir Group pays out 4,431.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
81.9% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The Weir Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Melrose Industries received 343 more outperform votes than The Weir Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.69% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The Weir Group had 4 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The Weir Group and 2 mentions for Melrose Industries. The Weir Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.21 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Weir Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melrose Industries.
Melrose Industries currently has a consensus price target of GBX 590, suggesting a potential downside of 4.19%. The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,271, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Weir Group is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Weir Group has a net margin of 8.65% compared to The Weir Group's net margin of -30.42%. Melrose Industries' return on equity of 13.38% beat The Weir Group's return on equity.
Summary
The Weir Group beats Melrose Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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