BAB vs. BBY, HILS, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, IDS, ROR, WIZZ, QQ, and SRP
Should you be buying Babcock International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Babcock International Group include Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), International Distributions Services (IDS), Rotork (ROR), Wizz Air (WIZZ), QinetiQ Group (QQ), and Serco Group (SRP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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 pays out 5,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
64.0% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group received 187 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 65.42% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 2 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Babcock International Group and 1 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 526.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.99%. Given Balfour Beatty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty has a net margin of 2.47% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 0.74%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.
Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Balfour Beatty on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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