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.
IMI (LON:IMI) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
77.1% of IMI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of IMI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Melrose Industries received 438 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.58% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, IMI had 9 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IMI and 1 mentions for Melrose Industries. IMI's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.06 indicating that IMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 1.1%. 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. Melrose Industries pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
IMI has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,050, suggesting a potential upside of 6.49%. Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 12.76%. Given Melrose Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than IMI.
Summary
IMI beats Melrose Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
