WEIR vs. IMI, SMIN, SPX, MRO, ROR, BOY, DPLM, EZJ, RS1, and ITRK Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include IMI (IMI), Smiths Group (SMIN), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Melrose Industries (MRO), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Diploma (DPLM), easyJet (EZJ), RS Group (RS1), and Intertek Group (ITRK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
IMI (LON:IMI ) and The Weir Group (LON:WEIR ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
IMI presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,983.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,188.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.86%. Given The Weir Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IMI is more favorable than The Weir Group.
In the previous week, IMI had 2 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IMI and 5 mentions for The Weir Group. The Weir Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat IMI's score of 0.07 indicating that IMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.8% of IMI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of IMI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The Weir Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IMI has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Weir Group received 91 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
IMI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Weir Group. IMI 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.
IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. IMI pays out 3,010.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Weir Group pays out 4,431.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
IMI has a net margin of 10.81% compared to IMI's net margin of 8.65%. The Weir Group's return on equity of 24.52% beat IMI's return on equity.
Summary IMI beats The Weir Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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