GDWN vs. ROR, BOY, MGAM, ITM, RNO, AVG, CGS, LOAD, MPAC, and PHE
Should you be buying Goodwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goodwin include Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITM Power (ITM), Renold (RNO), Avingtrans (AVG), Castings (CGS), Crestchic (LOAD), Mpac Group (MPAC), and PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Goodwin vs. Its Competitors
Goodwin (LON:GDWN) and Rotork (LON:ROR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
2.6% of Goodwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Rotork shares are held by institutional investors. 67.2% of Goodwin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Rotork shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Rotork pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Goodwin pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rotork pays out 50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Rotork is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rotork has a consensus price target of GBX 396.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.10%. Given Rotork's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rotork is more favorable than Goodwin.
Rotork has a net margin of 15.98% compared to Goodwin's net margin of 8.84%. Rotork's return on equity of 19.42% beat Goodwin's return on equity.
Goodwin has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rotork has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 3 more articles in the media than Rotork. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Goodwin and 14 mentions for Rotork. Rotork's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Goodwin's score of 0.02 indicating that Rotork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rotork has higher revenue and earnings than Goodwin. Rotork is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodwin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rotork beats Goodwin on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GDWN) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
