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
Cobham (LON:COB) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Cobham had 6 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Cobham's score of -0.11 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 756.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.28%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Cobham.
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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Bodycote beats Cobham on 11 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
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.
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This page (LON:BOY) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
