MEGP vs. ULE, RS1, ROR, OLEE, AGK, BBY, QQ, JLG, BCA, and WIZZ
Should you be buying ME Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ME Group International include Ultra Electronics (ULE), RS Group (RS1), Rotork (ROR), Oleeo (OLEE), Aggreko (AGK), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), John Laing Group (JLG), BCA Marketplace (BCA), and Wizz Air (WIZZ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
ME Group International vs.
Ultra Electronics (LON:ULE) and ME Group International (LON:MEGP) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ME Group International has a net margin of 17.39% compared to Ultra Electronics' net margin of 0.00%. ME Group International's return on equity of 32.52% beat Ultra Electronics' return on equity.
Ultra Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.58 per share. ME Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ultra Electronics pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ME Group International pays out 57.4% 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. ME Group International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
59.1% of ME Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.2% of ME Group International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ultra Electronics and Ultra Electronics both had 1 articles in the media. ME Group International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ultra Electronics' score of 0.00 indicating that ME Group International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ME Group International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Electronics. Ultra Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ME Group International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ME Group International has a consensus price target of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. Given ME Group International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ME Group International is more favorable than Ultra Electronics.
Ultra Electronics received 405 more outperform votes than ME Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ME Group International an outperform vote while only 67.64% of users gave Ultra Electronics an outperform vote.
Summary
ME Group International beats Ultra Electronics on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MEGP) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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