Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MGAM or BOY?

Morgan Advanced Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials 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
Morgan Advanced Materials	£1.11B	0.47	£68.49M	£24.30	7.55
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.16	£59.25M	£33.23	14.41

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MGAM or BOY?

Bodycote received 70 more outperform votes than Morgan Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Morgan Advanced Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morgan Advanced Materials	Outperform Votes 494 66.76%	Underperform Votes 246 33.24%
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%

Is MGAM or BOY a better dividend stock?

Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bodycote pays out 69.2% 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. Morgan Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MGAM or BOY?

87.6% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MGAM or BOY more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Morgan Advanced Materials' net margin of 6.17%. Morgan Advanced Materials' return on equity of 19.02% beat Bodycote's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morgan Advanced Materials	6.17%	19.02%	8.24%
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%

Does the media favor MGAM or BOY?

In the previous week, Morgan Advanced Materials had 1 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials and 2 mentions for Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Bodycote's score of 1.05 indicating that Morgan Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morgan Advanced Materials	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bodycote	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MGAM or BOY?

Morgan Advanced Materials presently has a consensus price target of GBX 305, suggesting a potential upside of 66.30%. Bodycote has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 69.70%. Given Bodycote's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morgan Advanced Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, MGAM or BOY?

Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Morgan Advanced Materials beats Bodycote on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.