Melrose Industries (MRO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MRO or WDS?

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
Melrose Industries	£3.46B	1.96	-£39M	-£0.03	-17,560.00
Woodside Energy Group	£12.58B	1.90	£1.86B	£0.74	1,702.70

Is MRO or WDS 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
Melrose Industries	-1.13%	-1.16%	0.11%
Woodside Energy Group	14.76%	5.32%	2.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MRO or WDS?

Melrose Industries received 1002 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Melrose Industries	Outperform Votes 1002 84.56%	Underperform Votes 183 15.44%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer MRO or WDS?

Melrose Industries presently has a consensus price target of GBX 587.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Melrose Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Woodside Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MRO or WDS?

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

Does the media refer more to MRO or WDS?

In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Melrose Industries and 0 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Melrose Industries	Positive
Woodside Energy Group	Neutral

Is MRO or WDS a better dividend stock?

Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Melrose Industries pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, MRO or WDS?

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

Summary

Melrose Industries beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.