IMI vs. SMIN, MRO, WEIR, SPX, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, 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), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IMI pays out 29.7% 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.
Smiths Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, suggesting a potential downside of 20.05%. IMI has a consensus target price of GBX 2,425, suggesting a potential upside of 10.13%. Given IMI's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IMI is more favorable than Smiths Group.
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.
72.2% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of IMI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of IMI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Smiths Group had 1 more articles in the media than IMI. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Smiths Group and 3 mentions for IMI. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat IMI's score of 0.02 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IMI beats Smiths Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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