McBride (MCB) Competitors

Bodycote (LON:BOY) and McBride (LON:MCB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is BOY or MCB more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to McBride's net margin of 3.56%. McBride's return on equity of 62.24% beat Bodycote's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%

Do analysts rate BOY or MCB?

Bodycote presently has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 65.28%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than McBride.

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
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BOY or MCB a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McBride pays out 5.1% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BOY or MCB?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of McBride shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of McBride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BOY or MCB?

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McBride has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BOY or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 6 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for McBride and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat McBride's score of 0.20 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Positive
McBride	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BOY or MCB?

Bodycote has higher earnings, but lower revenue than McBride. McBride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, 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	£739.54M	1.19	£59.25M	£33.23	14.79
McBride	£930.83M	0.25	£33.16M	£19.57	6.95

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOY or MCB?

Bodycote received 94 more outperform votes than McBride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%

Summary

Bodycote beats McBride on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.