WEIR vs. MRO, SMIN, SPX, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and AVG
Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), 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.
The Weir Group vs.
The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Melrose Industries received 341 more outperform votes than The Weir Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.57% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
The Weir Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Weir Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more 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.
In the previous week, The Weir Group had 1 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Weir Group and 1 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat The Weir Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.4% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Weir Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Weir Group has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. The Weir Group's return on equity of 13.00% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
The Weir Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,416.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 640, suggesting a potential upside of 17.30%. Given Melrose Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than The Weir Group.
The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. The Weir Group pays out 4,588.2% 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.
Summary
The Weir Group beats Melrose Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WEIR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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