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Babcock International Group (BAB) Competitors

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GBX 895 +5.00 (+0.56%)
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BAB vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, 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), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), 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.

Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Balfour Beatty currently has a consensus target price of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 823.33, suggesting a potential downside of 8.01%. Given Balfour Beatty's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Balfour Beatty is more favorable than Babcock International Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Balfour Beatty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Babcock International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 44.68% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Balfour Beatty2.85% 19.46% 1.63%
Babcock International Group 3.77%44.68%4.47%

Babcock International Group received 192 more outperform votes than Balfour Beatty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Balfour BeattyOutperform Votes
648
65.52%
Underperform Votes
341
34.48%
Babcock International GroupOutperform Votes
840
76.09%
Underperform Votes
264
23.91%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Balfour Beatty£7.72B0.33£219.98M£42.8311.73
Babcock International Group£4.37B1.03£165.10M£33.0527.08

In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 4 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Babcock International Group and 0 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.23 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Balfour Beatty Positive
Babcock International Group Neutral

61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Babcock International Group 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.

Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Balfour Beatty pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Babcock International Group pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Babcock International Group beats Balfour Beatty on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BAB vs. The Competition

MetricBabcock International GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.49B£2.59B£7.66B£2.66B
Dividend Yield0.01%3.02%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio27.0828.4623.23129.21
Price / Sales1.0336.2590.51221,406.02
Price / Cash1.2914.6126.9428.02
Price / Book11.102.723.983.79
Net Income£165.10M£82.90M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance6.74%3.35%0.78%0.63%
1 Month Performance19.57%11.01%11.12%22.11%
1 Year Performance63.47%87.08%19.50%120.87%

Babcock International Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.5254 of 5 stars
GBX 895
+0.6%
GBX 823.33
-8.0%
+61.4%£4.49B£4.37B27.0826,115News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.3712 of 5 stars
GBX 493.80
+1.4%
GBX 542.50
+9.9%
+35.0%£2.52B£7.72B11.53105,000News Coverage
Positive News
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
2.5897 of 5 stars
GBX 3,715
+1.8%
GBX 4,500
+21.1%
+54.2%£1.75B£4.46B13.987,700
HILS
Hill & Smith
3.2261 of 5 stars
GBX 1,918
-1.6%
GBX 2,500
+30.3%
-3.1%£1.55B£834.58M20.164,336News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KLR
Keller Group
2.8689 of 5 stars
GBX 1,546
-1.2%
GBX 1,750
+13.2%
+19.2%£1.13B£3.01B8.959,500News Coverage
KIE
Kier Group
3.7682 of 5 stars
GBX 164.40
+2.6%
GBX 210
+27.7%
+12.3%£707.68M£3.92B16.5510,286
RNWH
Renew
2.8122 of 5 stars
GBX 845
-0.6%
GBX 1,250
+47.9%
-21.0%£680.24M£1.10B14.134,361Dividend Increase
Gap Up
GFRD
Galliford Try
N/AGBX 418
+2.6%
N/A+54.0%£414.54M£1.69B12.133,922News Coverage
COST
Costain Group
0.7243 of 5 stars
GBX 123
-1.3%
GBX 105
-14.6%
+43.3%£329.45M£1.28B10.983,270
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 31.40
+4.7%
N/A-56.7%£91.69M£444.13M5.981,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up

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This page (LON:BAB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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