BPT vs. MRO, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, and RLD
Should you be buying Bridgepoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), and Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Bridgepoint Group vs. Its Competitors
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both mid-cap petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 6.10% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bridgepoint Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 2 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 2 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned 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.
Melrose Industries currently has a consensus target price of GBX 612, suggesting a potential upside of 2.38%. Bridgepoint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 388, suggesting a potential upside of 14.66%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Melrose Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BPT) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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