SPX vs. MRO, SMIN, WEIR, IMI, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and CGS
Should you be buying Spirax-Sarco Engineering stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirax-Sarco Engineering include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), IMI (IMI), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Castings (CGS). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering (LON:SPX) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Spirax-Sarco Engineering's score of 0.00 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Melrose Industries received 619 more outperform votes than Spirax-Sarco Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.69% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Spirax-Sarco Engineering an outperform vote.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays an annual dividend of GBX 160 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering pays out 6,425.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -30.42%. Spirax-Sarco Engineering's return on equity of 15.81% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering presently has a consensus price target of £101.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 590, indicating a potential downside of 4.90%. Given Spirax-Sarco Engineering's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirax-Sarco Engineering is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
81.4% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Spirax-Sarco Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Spirax-Sarco Engineering and Melrose Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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