Melrose Industries (MRO) Competitors

Woodside Energy Group (LON:WDS) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDS or MRO?

Melrose Industries received 1005 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A
Melrose Industries	Outperform Votes 1005 84.60%	Underperform Votes 183 15.40%

Do analysts prefer WDS or MRO?

Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 640, indicating a potential downside of 2.61%. Given Woodside Energy Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Woodside Energy Group is more favorable than Melrose Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Melrose Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WDS or MRO?

42.1% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WDS or MRO?

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, 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
Woodside Energy Group	£12.58B	0.00	£1.86B	£0.74	N/A
Melrose Industries	£3.41B	2.49	-£38.41M	-£2.96	-222.25

Is WDS or MRO more profitable?

Woodside Energy Group has a net margin of 14.76% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Woodside Energy Group's return on equity of 5.32% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Woodside Energy Group	14.76%	5.32%	2.90%
Melrose Industries	-1.13%	-1.18%	0.11%

Is WDS or MRO a better dividend stock?

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 99 per share. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 13,378.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melrose Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor WDS or MRO?

In the previous week, Woodside Energy Group had 1 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Woodside Energy Group and 1 mentions for Melrose Industries. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.35 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Melrose Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, WDS or MRO?

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Woodside Energy Group beats Melrose Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.