IMI vs. MRO, SMIN, WEIR, SPX, ROR, BOY, GDWN, MGAM, ITM, and AVG
Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Goodwin (GDWN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITM Power (ITM), and Avingtrans (AVG). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
IMI vs. Its Competitors
Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) and IMI (LON:IMI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMI has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.3% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of IMI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melrose Industries. IMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melrose Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IMI had 9 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for IMI and 5 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat IMI's score of 0.68 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 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%. Melrose Industries pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IMI pays out 0.3% 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 net margin of 11.46% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. IMI's return on equity of 23.85% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Melrose Industries presently has a consensus target price of GBX 655, indicating a potential upside of 8.37%. IMI has a consensus target price of GBX 2,579.17, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Given IMI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IMI is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
Summary
IMI beats Melrose Industries 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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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
