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Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

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BOY vs. BUR, BCG, TRST, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, SBSI, and IES

Should you be buying Bodycote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bodycote include Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), DFS Furniture (DFS), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bodycote vs.

Bodycote (LON:BOY) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bodycote. Bodycote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote£739.54M1.30£59.25M£33.2316.13
Burford Capital£299.55M9.00£193.30M£55.9017.53

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Bodycote's net margin of 8.01%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.14% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bodycote8.01% 8.14% 6.41%
Burford Capital 64.53%6.70%10.28%

Bodycote received 179 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.76% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BodycoteOutperform Votes
564
70.50%
Underperform Votes
236
29.50%
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
385
74.76%
Underperform Votes
130
25.24%

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% 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.

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Burford Capital's score of -0.20 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bodycote Neutral
Burford Capital Neutral

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.59%. Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 63.27%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Bodycote.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bodycote
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Burford Capital beats Bodycote on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BOY vs. The Competition

MetricBodycoteSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£959.87M£6.32B£7.63B£2.62B
Dividend Yield3.45%2.48%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio16.1315.3423.14129.34
Price / Sales1.30237.6890.54221,585.85
Price / Cash31.059.3926.9428.03
Price / Book1.362.763.973.79
Net Income£59.25M£305.34M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-4.29%0.66%0.77%0.62%
1 Month Performance13.83%8.24%11.15%22.12%
1 Year Performance-27.76%5.83%19.74%120.96%

Bodycote Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOY
Bodycote
2.2972 of 5 stars
GBX 536
-3.2%
GBX 812.50
+51.6%
-27.9%£959.87M£739.54M16.134,833
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3329 of 5 stars
GBX 1,076
+0.3%
GBX 1,600
+48.7%
-8.7%£2.96B£299.55M19.25140News Coverage
Gap Down
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.8748 of 5 stars
GBX 356
+0.6%
GBX 297
-16.6%
+53.0%£2.04B£92.71M53.36130News Coverage
TRST
Trustpilot Group
1.9051 of 5 stars
GBX 245.60
+0.6%
GBX 335
+36.4%
+11.7%£1.29B£222.55M81.41820
DFS
DFS Furniture
1.8804 of 5 stars
GBX 163
+0.9%
GBX 185
+13.5%
+49.6%£375.62M£964.48M-87.2820,200Positive News
MCB
McBride
N/AGBX 150
-0.9%
N/A+32.5%£257.13M£930.83M7.66240Trending News
SHG
Shanta Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading Volume
FIF
Finsbury Food Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206
RM
RM
N/AGBX 98
-0.5%
N/A+1.5%£82.78M£189.50M-1.781,990Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SBSI
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust
N/AGBX 76
+3.4%
N/A-13.1%£62.59M£2.21M60.43810Positive News
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
1.5956 of 5 stars
GBX 12.56
-1.5%
GBX 40
+218.6%
-42.8%£54.91M£15.88M-1.45140

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