Bodycote (BOY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BOY or COB?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.12%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BOY or COB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote	£727.10M	1.55	£59.25M	£0.16	4,012.50
Cobham	£1.97B	0.00	N/A	-£1.90	N/A

Is BOY or COB 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
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
Cobham	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BOY or COB?

69.8% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BOY or COB?

In the previous week, Cobham had 4 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 2 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Cobham's score of 0.22 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Bodycote beats Cobham on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.