BPT vs. MRO, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, and RLD
Should you be buying Bridgepoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), and Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Bridgepoint Group vs.
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Melrose Industries and 0 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Melrose Industries received 994 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.60% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 78.57% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote.
Bridgepoint Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 6.10% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries currently has a consensus target price of GBX 640, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Bridgepoint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 334, indicating a potential downside of 4.35%. Given Melrose Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Bridgepoint Group.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Melrose Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BPT) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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