McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BOY or MCB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOY or MCB?

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

Does the media refer more to BOY or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 23 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for McBride and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat McBride's score of -0.08 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Neutral
McBride	Neutral

Do analysts rate BOY or MCB?

Bodycote currently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.81%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than McBride.

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BOY or MCB?

Bodycote has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.37	£59.25M	£33.23	17.00
McBride	£930.83M	0.27	£33.16M	£19.57	7.41

Is BOY or MCB 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
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
McBride	3.56%	62.24%	8.54%

Which has more risk and volatility, BOY or MCB?

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

Is BOY or MCB a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McBride pays out 5.1% 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.

Summary

Bodycote beats McBride on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.