McBride (MCB) Competitors

McBride (LON:MCB) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MCB or BOY?

Bodycote has lower revenue, but higher earnings than McBride. McBride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, 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
McBride	£930.83M	0.29	£33.16M	£19.57	7.92
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.36	£59.25M	£33.23	16.85

Does the media refer more to MCB or BOY?

In the previous week, McBride had 9 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for Bodycote. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McBride	Neutral
Bodycote	Neutral

Do analysts prefer MCB or BOY?

Bodycote has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.09%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than McBride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McBride	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MCB or BOY?

72.7% of McBride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MCB or BOY more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to McBride's net margin of 3.56%. McBride's return on equity of 62.24% beat Bodycote's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCB or BOY?

Bodycote received 94 more outperform votes than McBride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%

Is MCB or BOY a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. McBride pays out 5.1% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, MCB or BOY?

McBride has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bodycote beats McBride on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.