WEIR vs. SMIN, IMI, SPX, ROR, MRO, BOY, DPLM, EZJ, RS1, and IDS
Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include Smiths Group (SMIN), IMI (IMI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Melrose Industries (MRO), Bodycote (BOY), Diploma (DPLM), easyJet (EZJ), RS Group (RS1), and International Distributions Services (IDS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
The Weir Group received 205 more outperform votes than Smiths Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.38% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
73.7% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Smiths Group 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Weir Group has a net margin of 8.65% compared to The Weir Group's net margin of 7.65%. Smiths Group's return on equity of 13.38% beat The Weir Group's return on equity.
Smiths Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Smiths Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,846.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. The Weir Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,226.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given The Weir Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Smiths Group is more favorable than The Weir Group.
In the previous week, The Weir Group had 8 more articles in the media than Smiths Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for The Weir Group and 3 mentions for Smiths Group. The Weir Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Smiths Group pays out 6,363.6% 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.
Smiths Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Weir Group. The Weir Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Weir Group beats Smiths Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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