IMI (IMI) Competitors

Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and IMI (LON:IMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, SMIN or IMI?

Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SMIN or IMI?

Smiths Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,850, indicating a potential downside of 19.84%. IMI has a consensus price target of GBX 2,425, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Given IMI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IMI is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smiths Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IMI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SMIN or IMI?

72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of IMI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SMIN or IMI a better dividend stock?

Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IMI pays out 29.7% 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.

Does the media refer more to SMIN or IMI?

In the previous week, IMI had 1 more articles in the media than Smiths Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IMI and 10 mentions for Smiths Group. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat IMI's score of -0.06 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Smiths Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 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)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SMIN or IMI?

IMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smiths Group. IMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, 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
Smiths Group	£3.07B	2.56	£245.01M	£71.98	32.07
IMI	£2.15B	2.57	£246.00M	£97.59	22.30

Is SMIN or IMI more profitable?

IMI has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Smiths Group's net margin of 7.98%. IMI's return on equity of 23.85% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smiths Group	7.98%	11.54%	6.47%
IMI	11.46%	23.85%	9.55%

Summary

IMI beats Smiths Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.