GDWN vs. BOY, MGAM, ITM, RNO, AVG, MPAC, CGS, LOAD, 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), Mpac Group (MPAC), Castings (CGS), Crestchic (LOAD), 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Bodycote has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.30%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Goodwin.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 12 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Goodwin and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Goodwin's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that Goodwin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 133 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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.
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, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Goodwin and Bodycote tied by winning 9 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 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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