Goodwin (GDWN) Competitors

Bodycote (LON:BOY) and Goodwin (LON:GDWN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BOY or GDWN?

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Goodwin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.2% of Goodwin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BOY or GDWN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
Goodwin	8.84%	14.13%	6.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goodwin has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote received 489 more outperform votes than Goodwin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Goodwin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
Goodwin	Outperform Votes 75 65.22%	Underperform Votes 40 34.78%

Is BOY or GDWN a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goodwin pays out 59.9% 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.

Do analysts recommend BOY or GDWN?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.81%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Goodwin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Goodwin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, BOY or GDWN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.37	£59.25M	£33.23	17.00
Goodwin	£193.95M	2.92	£17.14M	£221.95	33.52

Does the media favor BOY or GDWN?

In the previous week, Goodwin had 13 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Goodwin and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Goodwin's score of -0.43 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Neutral
Goodwin	Neutral

Summary

Bodycote beats Goodwin on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.