IMI vs. MRO, SMIN, WEIR, SPX, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and MPAC
Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Mpac Group (MPAC). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
IMI vs.
IMI (LON:IMI) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
IMI has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. IMI's return on equity of 23.85% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
IMI currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,050, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given IMI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IMI is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
IMI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. IMI pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% 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.
Melrose Industries received 439 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.60% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote.
77.1% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of IMI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IMI has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IMI and IMI both had 3 articles in the media. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat IMI's score of 0.32 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
IMI beats Melrose Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
