WEIR vs. MRO, SMIN, SPX, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and MPAC
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 Mpac Group (MPAC). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
The Weir Group vs.
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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 12.79% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of The Weir Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Weir 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.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Weir Group pays out 45.8% 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.
Melrose Industries presently has a consensus price target of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 4.44%. The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,416.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Given The Weir Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Weir Group is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
The Weir Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Melrose Industries received 343 more outperform votes than The Weir Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.60% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 1 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Melrose Industries and 1 mentions for The Weir Group. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat The Weir Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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