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Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS) Competitors

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GBX 3,875 +30.00 (+0.78%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

MGNS vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, KLR, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR

Should you be buying Morgan Sindall Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Sindall Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Morgan Sindall Group vs.

Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Morgan Sindall Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,000, indicating a potential downside of 22.58%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 616.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Given Babcock International Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Morgan Sindall Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Morgan Sindall Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Babcock International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

64.7% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Babcock International Group received 480 more outperform votes than Morgan Sindall Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 75.26% of users gave Morgan Sindall Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Morgan Sindall GroupOutperform Votes
356
75.26%
Underperform Votes
117
24.74%
Babcock International GroupOutperform Votes
836
76.00%
Underperform Votes
264
24.00%

Babcock International Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 2.82%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 43.29% beat Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morgan Sindall Group2.82% 22.68% 4.46%
Babcock International Group 3.77%43.29%4.47%

Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 120 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 4,580.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Babcock International Group pays out 1,562.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group had 1 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group and 1 mentions for Babcock International Group. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Morgan Sindall Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Babcock International Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Babcock International Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Morgan Sindall Group. Morgan Sindall Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Sindall Group£4.40B0.41£124M£2.621,479.01
Babcock International Group£4.39B0.57£165.70M£0.321,548.63

Summary

Babcock International Group beats Morgan Sindall Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MGNS vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Sindall GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.81B£2.01B£4.53B£1.86B
Dividend Yield3.81%3.58%4.06%6.19%
P/E Ratio1,479.01368.71370.351,797.43
Price / Sales0.4135.60449.79380,062.11
Price / Cash2.0313.3429.4628.19
Price / Book3.102.333.332.92
Net Income£124M£75.80M£196.12M£156.26M
7 Day Performance1.57%-1.53%-0.97%-1.92%
1 Month Performance1.57%-1.54%-0.01%17.74%
1 Year Performance74.55%67.99%25.99%29.21%

Morgan Sindall Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
1.1227 of 5 stars
GBX 3,875
+0.8%
GBX 3,000
-22.6%
+76.1%£1.81B£4.40B1,479.017,700News Coverage
Gap Down
BAB
Babcock International Group
1.1426 of 5 stars
GBX 508.20
+0.7%
GBX 616.67
+21.3%
+23.8%£2.57B£4.39B1,576.5626,115
BBY
Balfour Beatty
0.9424 of 5 stars
GBX 456.24
-0.2%
GBX 525
+15.1%
+35.1%£2.32B£8.07B1,088.10105,000News Coverage
HILS
Hill & Smith
1.1247 of 5 stars
GBX 1,944
-0.8%
GBX 2,350
+20.9%
-0.6%£1.56B£831.70M2,085.114,336
KLR
Keller Group
N/AGBX 1,526
+0.3%
GBX 1,750
+14.7%
+67.1%£1.10B£2.99B895.299,500Gap Up
RNWH
Renew
2.3967 of 5 stars
GBX 968
-0.4%
GBX 1,250
+29.1%
+11.6%£766.08M£995.64M1,567.744,361News Coverage
KIE
Kier Group
3.2263 of 5 stars
GBX 151.20
+0.5%
GBX 210
+38.9%
+32.6%£666.38M£3.91B1,367.2710,286Positive News
Gap Up
GFRD
Galliford Try
N/AGBX 377
+1.9%
N/A+67.8%£377.75M£1.77B1,054.293,922News Coverage
Positive News
COST
Costain Group
0.3617 of 5 stars
GBX 108.50
-1.4%
GBX 105
-3.2%
+68.0%£295.47M£1.31B1,000.003,270News Coverage
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AGBX 210
flat
N/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 52.60
-4.0%
N/A-16.1%£158.03M£463.46M1,080.001,900News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:MGNS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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