BOY vs. MGAM, GDWN, ROR, IMI, WEIR, MTO, PAGE, HILS, SMS, and HAS
Should you be buying Bodycote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bodycote include Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), Rotork (ROR), IMI (IMI), The Weir Group (WEIR), Mitie Group (MTO), PageGroup (PAGE), Hill & Smith (HILS), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), and Hays (HAS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bodycote (LON:BOY) and Morgan Advanced Materials (LON:MGAM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
63.2% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Bodycote shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Morgan Advanced Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Bodycote's score of 0.66 indicating that Morgan Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Bodycote pays out 5,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bodycote received 69 more outperform votes than Morgan Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.62% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave Morgan Advanced Materials an outperform vote.
Bodycote has a net margin of 10.67% compared to Morgan Advanced Materials' net margin of 4.24%. Morgan Advanced Materials' return on equity of 13.43% beat Bodycote's return on equity.
Bodycote has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morgan Advanced Materials. Bodycote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bodycote currently has a consensus price target of GBX 670, suggesting a potential downside of 8.34%. Morgan Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of GBX 315, suggesting a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Morgan Advanced Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Advanced Materials is more favorable than Bodycote.
Bodycote has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Morgan Advanced Materials beats Bodycote on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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