GDWN vs. ROR, BOY, MGAM, ITM, RNO, AVG, LOAD, CGS, 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), Crestchic (LOAD), Castings (CGS), Mpac Group (MPAC), and PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Goodwin vs. Its Competitors
Rotork (LON:ROR) and Goodwin (LON:GDWN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
65.9% of Rotork shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Goodwin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Rotork shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Goodwin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rotork presently has a consensus target price of GBX 396.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.91%. Given Rotork's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rotork is more favorable than Goodwin.
Rotork pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Rotork pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goodwin pays out 40.7% 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 has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goodwin has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 5 more articles in the media than Rotork. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Goodwin and 2 mentions for Rotork. Rotork's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Goodwin's score of 0.41 indicating that Rotork is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Rotork beats Goodwin on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GDWN) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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