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IMI (IMI) Competitors

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GBX 1,852 +3.00 (+0.16%)
(As of 12:32 PM ET)

IMI vs. MRO, SMIN, WEIR, SPX, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and AVG

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 Avingtrans (AVG). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.

IMI vs.

Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and IMI (LON:IMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Melrose Industries received 437 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.57% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Melrose IndustriesOutperform Votes
1003
84.57%
Underperform Votes
183
15.43%
IMIOutperform Votes
566
59.58%
Underperform Votes
384
40.42%

82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of IMI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

IMI has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. IMI's return on equity of 25.16% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Melrose Industries-1.13% -1.16% 0.11%
IMI 11.46%25.16%9.55%

Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Melrose Industries pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IMI pays out 2,989.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

IMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Melrose Industries£3.46B2.01-£39M-£0.03-17,960.00
IMI£2.21B2.15£253.30M£0.971,909.28

In the previous week, IMI had 6 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IMI and 5 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat IMI's score of 0.17 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Melrose Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IMI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Melrose Industries currently has a consensus price target of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 18.78%. IMI has a consensus price target of GBX 2,050, suggesting a potential upside of 10.69%. Given Melrose Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than IMI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
IMI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

IMI beats Melrose Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IMI vs. The Competition

MetricIMISpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.76B£4.71B£3.89B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.59%2.63%4.39%11.72%
P/E Ratio1,909.28247.50524.571,555.90
Price / Sales2.151,855.02419.50326,268.63
Price / Cash25.1410.2128.4732.92
Price / Book4.412.273.992.85
Net Income£253.30M£273.99M£178.45M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-0.59%-0.54%-0.59%19.48%
1 Month Performance7.67%-0.15%1.03%19.12%
1 Year Performance13.90%9.38%26.81%23.90%

IMI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMI
IMI
1.5787 of 5 stars
GBX 1,852
+0.2%
GBX 2,050
+10.7%
+12.7%£4.76B£2.21B1,906.1910,000
MRO
Melrose Industries
2.1576 of 5 stars
GBX 545.80
-0.7%
GBX 640
+17.3%
N/A£7.04B£3.46B-18,320.001,570
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.2753 of 5 stars
GBX 1,750.21
-0.4%
GBX 2,015
+15.1%
+0.7%£6.01B£3.13B2,431.9415,156Positive News
WEIR
The Weir Group
0.4185 of 5 stars
GBX 2,238
-1.0%
GBX 2,416.67
+8.0%
+22.4%£5.81B£2.54B2,625.8812,391News Coverage
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
0.7718 of 5 stars
GBX 7,140
-0.8%
GBX 8,672.50
+21.5%
-31.8%£5.26B£1.66B2,736.5410,000News Coverage
ROR
Rotork
1.1606 of 5 stars
GBX 322.48
-1.0%
GBX 375
+16.3%
-0.8%£2.74B£745.89M2,326.443,342Positive News
BOY
Bodycote
2.8653 of 5 stars
GBX 649
-2.0%
GBX 812.50
+25.2%
+6.2%£1.19B£781.40M1,978.794,833Gap Up
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
2.0932 of 5 stars
GBX 270
-0.4%
GBX 318.33
+17.9%
-2.9%£768.31M£1.13B1,125.008,694
GDWN
Goodwin
N/AGBX 6,760
+1.5%
N/A+26.4%£507.68M£191.26M2,973.211,144
ITM
ITM Power
2.8591 of 5 stars
GBX 33.46
-5.4%
GBX 69.75
+108.5%
-42.2%£206.34M£16.51M-882.50359News Coverage
AVG
Avingtrans
N/AGBX 389.40
+1.9%
N/AN/A£128.85M£136.62M3,475.09732

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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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