GDWN vs. BOY, MGAM, ITM, RNO, AVG, LOAD, CGS, MPAC, PHE, and CPH2
Should you be buying Goodwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goodwin include Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITM Power (ITM), Renold (RNO), Avingtrans (AVG), Crestchic (LOAD), Castings (CGS), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), and Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Goodwin vs. Its Competitors
Goodwin (LON:GDWN) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.14%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Goodwin.
Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Goodwin pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bodycote pays out 69.2% 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.
2.6% of Goodwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 67.2% of Goodwin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Goodwin has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Bodycote's net margin of 8.01%. Goodwin's return on equity of 14.13% beat Bodycote's return on equity.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 4 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Goodwin and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Goodwin's score of 0.04 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bodycote has higher revenue and earnings than Goodwin. Bodycote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodwin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Goodwin has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bodycote beats Goodwin on 10 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 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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