Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BOY or BUR?

Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bodycote. Bodycote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, 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
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.19	£59.25M	£33.23	14.78
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.53	£193.30M	£55.90	18.55

Is BOY or BUR more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Bodycote's net margin of 8.01%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.14% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%

Is BOY or BUR a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% 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.

Does the media favor BOY or BUR?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burford Capital and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.59 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Positive
Burford Capital	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOY or BUR?

Bodycote received 180 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.71% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 384 74.71%	Underperform Votes 130 25.29%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BOY or BUR?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BOY or BUR?

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BOY or BUR?

Bodycote currently has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.41%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 54.29%. Given Bodycote's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Burford Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Burford Capital beats Bodycote on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.