McBride (MCB) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend MCB or BOY?

Bodycote has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 70.69%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Is MCB or BOY a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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.

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%

Does the media refer more to MCB or BOY?

In the previous week, McBride had 25 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for McBride and 3 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat McBride's score of 0.01 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McBride	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bodycote	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and 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	0.26	£33.16M	£19.57	7.33
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.15	£59.25M	£33.23	14.32

Summary

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