MRO vs. BPT, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, and RLD
Should you be buying Melrose Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melrose Industries include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), and Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Melrose Industries vs.
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 6.10% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries currently has a consensus price target of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 47.93%. Bridgepoint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 359.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Melrose Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Bridgepoint Group.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bridgepoint Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melrose Industries received 993 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.60% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 80.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Melrose Industries and 2 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Melrose Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MRO) was last updated on 4/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
