SPX vs. SMIN, WEIR, MRO, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and LOAD
Should you be buying Spirax-Sarco Engineering stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirax-Sarco Engineering include Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Melrose Industries (MRO), IMI (IMI), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Crestchic (LOAD). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering vs.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and Spirax-Sarco Engineering (LON:SPX) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Smiths Group received 70 more outperform votes than Spirax-Sarco Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave Spirax-Sarco Engineering an outperform vote.
Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Smiths Group's net margin of 7.98%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering's return on equity of 16.58% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.
Smiths Group has higher revenue and earnings than Spirax-Sarco Engineering. Spirax-Sarco Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smiths Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,015, indicating a potential upside of 11.73%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a consensus target price of GBX 8,107.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.00%. Given Spirax-Sarco Engineering's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spirax-Sarco Engineering is more favorable than Smiths Group.
72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays an annual dividend of GBX 162 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Smiths Group had 2 more articles in the media than Spirax-Sarco Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smiths Group and 0 mentions for Spirax-Sarco Engineering. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Spirax-Sarco Engineering's score of -1.05 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Smiths Group and Spirax-Sarco Engineering tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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