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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Bodycote on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BOY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff