BAB vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Babcock International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock International Group include Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Babcock International Group vs.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Babcock International Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 585.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.07%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus target price of GBX 475, suggesting a potential upside of 6.73%. Given Babcock International Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Babcock International Group pays out 1,562.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Balfour Beatty pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Babcock International Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 43.29% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.
In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 0 mentions for Babcock International Group. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Babcock International Group. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Babcock International Group received 189 more outperform votes than Balfour Beatty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.05% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Balfour Beatty on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BAB) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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