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Smiths Group (SMIN) Competitors

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GBX 1,730 -1.00 (-0.06%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

SMIN vs. MRO, WEIR, SPX, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and AVG

Should you be buying Smiths Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smiths Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), The Weir Group (WEIR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), IMI (IMI), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Avingtrans (AVG). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.

Smiths Group vs.

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

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 1 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smiths Group and 1 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Smiths 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)
Positive

Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Smiths Group pays out 6,111.1% 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 -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Smiths Group has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Smiths Group's return on equity of 10.78% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smiths Group7.98% 10.78% 6.47%
Melrose Industries -1.13%-1.16%0.11%

Melrose Industries received 550 more outperform votes than Smiths Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.57% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 62.48% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smiths GroupOutperform Votes
453
62.48%
Underperform Votes
272
37.52%
Melrose IndustriesOutperform Votes
1003
84.57%
Underperform Votes
183
15.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smiths Group£3.13B1.90£250M£0.722,402.78
Melrose Industries£3.46B2.03-£39M-£0.03-18,186.67

72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Smiths Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,015, indicating a potential upside of 16.47%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 17.30%. Given Melrose Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smiths Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Melrose Industries beats Smiths Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMIN vs. The Competition

MetricSmiths GroupSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.94B£4.73B£4.06B£1.48B
Dividend Yield2.70%2.61%4.21%11.84%
P/E Ratio2,402.78245.23418.141,528.91
Price / Sales1.901,868.30440.41331,410.58
Price / Cash5.5010.2528.0935.07
Price / Book2.672.333.622.83
Net Income£250M£273.99M£170.25M£159.86M
7 Day Performance-1.57%-0.17%-1.09%4.85%
1 Month Performance0.35%0.90%-0.12%24.30%
1 Year Performance-1.73%8.66%24.55%23.13%

Smiths Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.773 of 5 stars
GBX 1,730
-0.1%
GBX 2,015
+16.5%
-1.6%£5.94B£3.13B2,402.7815,156News Coverage
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.9119 of 5 stars
GBX 545.80
-0.7%
GBX 640
+17.3%
-3.0%£7.04B£3.46B-18,320.001,570
WEIR
The Weir Group
0.3921 of 5 stars
GBX 2,238
-1.0%
GBX 2,416.67
+8.0%
+18.4%£5.81B£2.54B2,625.8812,391News Coverage
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
0.7226 of 5 stars
GBX 7,140
-0.8%
GBX 8,672.50
+21.5%
-33.7%£5.26B£1.66B2,736.5410,000News Coverage
IMI
IMI
1.2761 of 5 stars
GBX 1,857
-0.1%
GBX 2,050
+10.4%
+7.6%£4.77B£2.21B1,916.4910,000
ROR
Rotork
N/AGBX 322.48
-1.0%
GBX 375
+16.3%
-0.9%£2.74B£745.89M2,326.443,342Positive News
BOY
Bodycote
2.7481 of 5 stars
GBX 649
-2.0%
GBX 812.50
+25.2%
+2.1%£1.19B£781.40M1,978.794,833Gap Up
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
1.9791 of 5 stars
GBX 270
-0.4%
GBX 318.33
+17.9%
-5.3%£768.31M£1.13B1,125.008,694News Coverage
GDWN
Goodwin
N/AGBX 6,760
+1.5%
N/A+39.5%£507.68M£191.26M2,973.211,144Gap Down
ITM
ITM Power
2.7108 of 5 stars
GBX 33.46
-5.4%
GBX 69.75
+108.5%
-39.7%£206.34M£16.51M-882.50359News Coverage
AVG
Avingtrans
N/AGBX 389.40
+1.9%
N/A-1.3%£128.85M£136.62M3,475.09732News Coverage

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