IMI vs. WEIR, SMIN, ROR, SPX, BOY, GEC, MRO, DPLM, EZJ, and RS1
Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include The Weir Group (WEIR), Smiths Group (SMIN), Rotork (ROR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Bodycote (BOY), General Electric (GEC), Melrose Industries (MRO), Diploma (DPLM), easyJet (EZJ), and RS Group (RS1). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) and IMI (LON:IMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
The Weir Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,188.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. IMI has a consensus price target of GBX 1,983.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.75%. Given The Weir Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IMI is more favorable than The Weir Group.
In the previous week, IMI had 6 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for IMI and 15 mentions for The Weir Group. IMI's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat The Weir Group's score of -0.14 indicating that The Weir Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
The Weir Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 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.
74.0% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of IMI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of The Weir Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of IMI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IMI beats The Weir Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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