Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BOY or BUR?

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BOY or BUR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.30	£59.25M	£33.23	16.13
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.00	£193.30M	£55.90	17.53

Is BOY or BUR more profitable?

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
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOY or BUR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 385 74.76%	Underperform Votes 130 25.24%

Is BOY or BUR a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media prefer BOY or BUR?

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BOY or BUR?

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.

Do analysts prefer BOY or BUR?

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.