BAB vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Babcock International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock International Group include Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Babcock International Group vs.
Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Babcock International Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 44.68% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.
Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Balfour Beatty pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Babcock International Group pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Babcock International Group received 189 more outperform votes than Balfour Beatty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Babcock International Group. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 1 mentions for Babcock International Group. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Balfour Beatty currently has a consensus target price of GBX 525, suggesting a potential upside of 14.13%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 616.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.65%. Given Balfour Beatty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Balfour Beatty is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Balfour Beatty on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BAB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
