Bodycote (BOY) Competitors GBX 677 +11.50 (+1.73%) As of 10/24/2025 12:25 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 Bodycote (LON:BOY) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk. Do analysts recommend BOY or COB? Bodycote currently has a consensus target price of GBX 811.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.89%. 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 Bodycote 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75Cobham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 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 Bodycote8.01% 8.14% 6.41% Cobham N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BOY or COB? 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media favor BOY or COB? In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cobham's score of 0.32 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Bodycote Positive Cobham Neutral Which has better 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBodycote£727.10M1.63£59.25M£16.0042.31Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A SummaryBodycote beats Cobham on 11 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. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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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£1.15B£7.13B£7.98B£2.66BDividend Yield3.48%2.76%4.57%5.35%P/E Ratio42.3127.4525.30400.09Price / Sales1.6314,134.351,258.2598,316.31Price / Cash31.059.3328.0027.90Price / Book1.712.994.997.26Net Income£59.25M£298.37M£790.14M£5.88B7 Day Performance4.96%1.42%1.87%1.07%1 Month Performance6.64%2.01%3.19%1.72%1 Year PerformanceN/A21.67%31.01%111.52% Bodycote Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BOYBodycote2.1082 of 5 starsGBX 677+1.7%GBX 811.67+19.9%+23.8%£1.15B£727.10M42.314,833Gap UpCOBCobhamN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898BURBurford Capital2.8945 of 5 starsGBX 842.50+0.5%GBX 1,600+89.9%-25.4%£1.84B£444.57M15.07140News CoverageGap DownBCGBaltic Classifieds Group2.0391 of 5 starsGBX 301.50-1.5%GBX 361+19.7%-4.3%£1.45B£82.81M3,241.94130TRSTTrustpilot Group2.6404 of 5 starsGBX 217-1.4%GBX 340.75+57.0%-10.7%£883.25M£233.80M-183.12820News CoverageInsider TradeDFSDFS Furniture3.5173 of 5 starsGBX 159-0.6%GBX 220.50+38.7%+18.1%£366.79M£1.03B1,543.6920,200Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeMCBMcBride2.9015 of 5 starsGBX 123-1.6%GBX 190+54.5%+12.5%£209.92M£926.50M661.29240Trending NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeSHGShanta 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 Systems1.9959 of 5 starsGBX 20.75-1.2%GBX 40+92.8%+67.9%£118.02M£3.63M-471.59140Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeRMRMN/AGBX 102+3.0%N/A+37.9%£86.16M£189.50M-1.851,990High 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 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIf You Keep Cash In A U.S. Bank Account… Read This NOWThe Treasury Department just issued a stunning warning: U.S. banks could lose up to $6.6 trillion of custom...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | Sponsored$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost TownJeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could...Brownstone Research | SponsoredMove $1,000 into this stock before Nov 6The End of Tesla? 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