Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

Cobham (LON:COB) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts recommend COB or BOY?

Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.79%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Cobham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cobham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COB or BOY?

Bodycote has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cobham	£1.97B	0.00	N/A	-£1.90	N/A
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.38	£59.25M	£33.23	17.12

Does the media prefer COB or BOY?

In the previous week, Cobham had 3 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Cobham's score of -0.01 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cobham	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bodycote	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COB or BOY?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COB or BOY?

Bodycote received 156 more outperform votes than Cobham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cobham	Outperform Votes 408 41.93%	Underperform Votes 565 58.07%
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%

Is COB or BOY more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.14% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cobham	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%

Summary

Bodycote beats Cobham on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.