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Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

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GBX 682.50 +20.00 (+3.02%)
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BOY vs. COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, and RM

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

Bodycote vs. Its Competitors

Bodycote (LON:BOY) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.14% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bodycote8.01% 8.14% 6.41%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

69.8% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Bodycote had 2 more articles in the media than Cobham. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bodycote and 4 mentions for Cobham. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Cobham's score of 0.13 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bodycote
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cobham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote£727.10M1.64£59.25M£0.164,265.63
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

Bodycote currently has a consensus price target of GBX 811.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.93%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Cobham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bodycote
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Bodycote beats Cobham on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BOY vs. The Competition

MetricBodycoteSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.19B£7.16B£7.88B£2.61B
Dividend Yield3.53%2.72%4.57%5.28%
P/E Ratio4,265.63315.06304.564,442.02
Price / Sales1.6415,024.731,307.97100,236.46
Price / Cash31.059.3328.5027.90
Price / Book1.732.984.939.02
Net Income£59.25M£298.37M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.41%2.38%1.62%0.49%
1 Month Performance3.17%5.49%5.40%5.61%
1 Year Performance21.44%20.39%31.08%164.55%

Bodycote Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOY
Bodycote
2.798 of 5 stars
GBX 682.50
+3.0%
GBX 811.67
+18.9%
+14.7%£1.19B£727.10M4,265.634,833News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
3.3286 of 5 stars
GBX 885
-2.6%
GBX 1,600
+80.8%
-13.2%£1.94B£410.92M15.83140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
1.8721 of 5 stars
GBX 310
+3.5%
GBX 361
+16.5%
+0.8%£1.49B£82.81M3,333.33130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
2.8046 of 5 stars
GBX 226.40
+0.7%
GBX 340.75
+50.5%
-6.5%£922.60M£233.80M16,171.43820Positive News
DFS
DFS Furniture
3.0658 of 5 stars
GBX 153
+1.3%
GBX 241
+57.5%
+26.0%£352.95M£986.50M5,100.0020,200
MCB
McBride
2.4175 of 5 stars
GBX 124
+0.8%
GBX 190
+53.2%
+6.0%£211.68M£926.50M546.26240
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
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
2.2605 of 5 stars
GBX 21.89
-6.9%
GBX 40
+82.7%
+119.9%£96.44M£5.02M-326.72140Positive News
RM
RM
N/AGBX 92
-4.2%
N/A+20.3%£77.71M£189.50M-1.671,990Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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