Bodycote (BOY) Competitors GBX 615.50 +28.00 (+4.77%) As of 07/3/2025 12:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock BOY vs. COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, and RMShould 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 Cobham Burford Capital Baltic Classifieds Group Trustpilot Group DFS Furniture McBride Shanta Gold Finsbury Food Group Invinity Energy Systems RM Cobham (LON:COB) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COB or BOY? 77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better earnings & valuation, COB or BOY? Bodycote has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioCobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/ABodycote£739.54M1.49£59.25M£33.2318.52 Does the media prefer COB or BOY? In the previous week, Cobham had 7 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Cobham Neutral Bodycote Neutral Is COB or BOY more profitable? 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 CobhamN/A N/A N/A Bodycote 8.01%8.14%6.41% Do analysts prefer COB or BOY? Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.01%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Cobham.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cobham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Bodycote 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 SummaryBodycote beats Cobham on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Bodycote News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BOY and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BOY vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBodycoteSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.10B£6.47B£7.53B£2.97BDividend Yield3.45%2.48%4.53%5.02%P/E Ratio18.5216.0224.95146.59Price / Sales1.49290.06115.88240,167.57Price / Cash31.059.3927.3527.97Price / Book1.562.824.365.32Net Income£59.25M£305.34M£791.63M£5.90B7 Day Performance3.53%0.29%2.41%0.90%1 Month Performance7.79%1.86%5.72%5.18%1 Year Performance-12.57%13.75%32.75%80.75% Bodycote Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BOYBodycoteN/AGBX 615.50+4.8%GBX 812.50+32.0%-11.8%£1.10B£739.54M18.524,833COBCobhamN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898BURBurford Capital3.075 of 5 starsGBX 958.50+12.2%GBX 1,600+66.9%-0.3%£2.64B£299.55M17.15140High Trading VolumeBCGBaltic Classifieds Group0.614 of 5 starsGBX 370-0.8%GBX 297-19.7%+28.8%£2.12B£92.71M55.46130Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGap DownTRSTTrustpilot Group0.7649 of 5 starsGBX 238-1.7%GBX 290+21.8%+4.9%£1.25B£222.55M78.89820Gap DownDFSDFS Furniture2.9609 of 5 starsGBX 170+1.5%GBX 233+37.1%+47.5%£391.76M£964.48M-91.0320,200Analyst ForecastMCBMcBrideN/AGBX 150.81+0.4%N/A+9.9%£258.52M£930.83M7.71240SHGShanta GoldN/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading VolumeFIFFinsbury Food GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206IESInvinity Energy Systems1.8534 of 5 starsGBX 23.62-0.5%GBX 40+69.3%+24.1%£103.31M£15.88M-2.72140Positive NewsGap UpRMRMN/AGBX 83.50-1.8%N/A-0.6%£70.53M£189.50M-1.521,990Gap UpHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies COB Competitors BUR Competitors BCG Competitors TRST Competitors DFS Competitors MCB Competitors SHG Competitors FIF Competitors IES Competitors RM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BOY) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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