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IMI (IMI) Competitors

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GBX 2,258 -2.00 (-0.09%)
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IMI vs. SMIN, MRO, WEIR, SPX, ROR, BOY, GDWN, MGAM, ITM, and RNO

Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include Smiths Group (SMIN), Melrose Industries (MRO), The Weir Group (WEIR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Goodwin (GDWN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITM Power (ITM), and Renold (RNO). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.

IMI vs. Its Competitors

Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and IMI (LON:IMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 3 more articles in the media than IMI. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Smiths Group and 9 mentions for IMI. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat IMI's score of 0.52 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Smiths Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IMI
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Smiths Group pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IMI pays out 33.3% 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.

IMI has a consensus target price of GBX 2,575, suggesting a potential upside of 14.04%. Given IMI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IMI is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smiths Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
IMI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

IMI has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Smiths Group's net margin of 7.98%. IMI's return on equity of 23.85% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smiths Group7.98% 11.54% 6.47%
IMI 11.46%23.85%9.55%

83.3% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Smiths Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of IMI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

IMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smiths Group. IMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smiths Group£2.92B2.61£245.01M£0.892,622.32
IMI£2.20B2.52£246.00M£0.932,420.15

Summary

IMI beats Smiths Group on 12 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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IMI vs. The Competition

MetricIMISpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.56B£6.76B£7.76B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.42%2.74%4.58%5.32%
P/E Ratio2,420.15359.61306.175,406.64
Price / Sales2.52441.65268.7598,721.67
Price / Cash25.149.3327.9827.92
Price / Book5.392.804.768.43
Net Income£246.00M£298.37M£796.44M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.66%-0.82%-0.02%3.86%
1 Month Performance-0.70%2.73%2.70%6.17%
1 Year Performance20.11%17.32%27.00%165.64%

IMI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMI
IMI
2.6934 of 5 stars
GBX 2,258
-0.1%
GBX 2,575
+14.0%
+20.2%£5.56B£2.20B2,420.1510,000Insider Trade
SMIN
Smiths Group
1.9333 of 5 stars
GBX 2,334
-1.9%
N/AN/A£7.63B£3.23B2,631.3415,156Earnings Report
MRO
Melrose Industries
2.9898 of 5 stars
GBX 599.40
-0.3%
GBX 655
+9.3%
N/A£7.59B£3.45B2,436.591,570Positive News
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.0119 of 5 stars
GBX 2,680
+0.6%
GBX 2,772
+3.4%
+23.2%£6.96B£2.49B2,259.7012,391
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.8064 of 5 stars
GBX 7,050
+0.6%
GBX 7,983.33
+13.2%
-11.1%£5.20B£1.66B3,203.0910,000Positive News
ROR
Rotork
2.1379 of 5 stars
GBX 342.20
+0.8%
GBX 396.25
+15.8%
N/A£2.85B£760.33M2,924.793,342Positive News
BOY
Bodycote
1.6012 of 5 stars
GBX 644
+1.7%
GBX 758.33
+17.8%
+3.1%£1.13B£727.10M4,025.004,833
GDWN
Goodwin
N/A£111.63
+5.3%
N/A+78.0%£838.30M£219.71M3,411.831,144
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
N/AGBX 222.40
+1.3%
GBX 241.67
+8.7%
-22.7%£619.81M£1.05B2,269.378,694Gap Down
ITM
ITM Power
0.6932 of 5 stars
GBX 79.70
+4.6%
GBX 76.67
-3.8%
+43.6%£491.09M£26.04M-1,077.03359
RNO
Renold
N/AGBX 81
-0.2%
N/A+50.0%£161.37M£245.10M1,227.271,824

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