Goodwin (GDWN) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote has higher revenue and earnings than Goodwin. Bodycote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodwin, 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	£781.40M	1.30	£62.60M	£0.33	1,684.85
Goodwin	£191.26M	2.67	£16.90M	£2.24	3,035.71

Which has more volatility and risk, BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goodwin has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BOY or GDWN more profitable?

Goodwin has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Bodycote's net margin of 8.01%. Goodwin's return on equity of 13.85% beat Bodycote's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.46%	6.41%
Goodwin	8.84%	13.85%	6.15%

Do analysts prefer BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.13%. Given Bodycote's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Goodwin.

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
Goodwin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor BOY or GDWN?

In the previous week, Goodwin had 9 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Goodwin and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Goodwin's score of -0.16 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Goodwin	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BOY or GDWN?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Goodwin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.2% of Goodwin shares are held by company 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.

Is BOY or GDWN a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Bodycote pays out 6,969.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Goodwin pays out 5,937.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote received 487 more outperform votes than Goodwin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Goodwin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 562 70.43%	Underperform Votes 236 29.57%
Goodwin	Outperform Votes 75 65.22%	Underperform Votes 40 34.78%

Summary

Bodycote beats Goodwin on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.