IMI (IMI) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, IMI or SMIN?

IMI has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IMI	£2.15B	2.42	£246.00M	£97.59	20.98
Smiths Group	£3.07B	2.49	£245.01M	£71.98	31.13

Is IMI or SMIN more profitable?

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
IMI	11.46%	23.85%	9.55%
Smiths Group	7.98%	11.54%	6.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, IMI or SMIN?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IMI or SMIN?

77.1% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of IMI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned 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.

Is IMI or SMIN a better dividend stock?

IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. IMI pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% 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 prefer IMI or SMIN?

IMI presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,400, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Smiths Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,850, indicating a potential downside of 17.45%. Given IMI's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe IMI is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Smiths Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMI or SMIN?

IMI received 114 more outperform votes than Smiths Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.48% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave IMI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IMI	Outperform Votes 567 59.62%	Underperform Votes 384 40.38%
Smiths Group	Outperform Votes 453 62.48%	Underperform Votes 272 37.52%

Does the media prefer IMI or SMIN?

In the previous week, IMI had 6 more articles in the media than Smiths Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IMI and 1 mentions for Smiths Group. IMI's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IMI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smiths Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

IMI beats Smiths Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.