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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Do analysts recommend BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote received 488 more outperform votes than Goodwin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.46% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Goodwin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 563 70.46%	Underperform Votes 236 29.54%
Goodwin	Outperform Votes 75 65.22%	Underperform Votes 40 34.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, BOY or GDWN?

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	1.47	£62.60M	£0.33	1,893.94
Goodwin	£191.26M	3.02	£16.90M	£2.24	3,437.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BOY or GDWN?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Goodwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.2% of Goodwin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer BOY or GDWN?

In the previous week, Goodwin had 5 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Goodwin and 2 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Goodwin's score of 0.39 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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%

Is BOY or GDWN a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.

Summary

Bodycote beats Goodwin on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.