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ME Group International (MEGP) Competitors

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GBX 206.21 +4.21 (+2.09%)
As of 12:39 PM Eastern

MEGP vs. ULE, ROR, RS1, OLEE, AGK, BBY, QQ, JLG, WIZZ, and BCA

Should you be buying ME Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ME Group International include Ultra Electronics (ULE), Rotork (ROR), RS Group (RS1), Oleeo (OLEE), Aggreko (AGK), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), John Laing Group (JLG), Wizz Air (WIZZ), and BCA Marketplace (BCA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

ME Group International vs.

Ultra Electronics (LON:ULE) and ME Group International (LON:MEGP) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Ultra Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ME Group International'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ultra Electronics Neutral
ME Group International Neutral

ME Group International has a consensus target price of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 14.44%. Given ME Group International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ME Group International is more favorable than Ultra Electronics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultra Electronics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ME Group International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

ME Group International has a net margin of 17.39% compared to Ultra Electronics' net margin of 0.00%. ME Group International's return on equity of 32.52% beat Ultra Electronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultra ElectronicsN/A N/A N/A
ME Group International 17.39%32.52%14.55%

Ultra Electronics pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.58 per share. ME Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ultra Electronics pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ME Group International pays out 57.4% 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. ME Group International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

ME Group International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultra Electronics. Ultra Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ME Group International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultra Electronics£850.70M0.00N/A£0.94N/A
ME Group International£307.05M2.55£53.40M£13.9314.81

Ultra Electronics received 405 more outperform votes than ME Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ME Group International an outperform vote while only 67.64% of users gave Ultra Electronics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ultra ElectronicsOutperform Votes
416
67.64%
Underperform Votes
199
32.36%
ME Group InternationalOutperform Votes
11
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

59.1% of ME Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.2% of ME Group International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ME Group International beats Ultra Electronics on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MEGP vs. The Competition

MetricME Group InternationalBusiness Equipment & Supplies IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£783.86M£639.93M£7.27B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.42%8.00%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio14.817.4621.14133.94
Price / Sales2.55128.3584.37232,281.61
Price / CashN/A151.7226.9028.12
Price / Book4.672.763.784.55
Net Income£53.40M£25.52M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance8.31%3.81%4.35%3.46%
1 Month Performance8.42%1.20%2.72%10.62%
1 Year Performance30.68%-1.39%15.42%117.70%

ME Group International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEGP
ME Group International
N/AGBX 206.21
+2.1%
GBX 236
+14.4%
+28.8%£783.86M£307.05M14.811,183
ULE
Ultra Electronics
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.51B£850.70M3,723.404,531High Trading Volume
ROR
Rotork
1.4186 of 5 stars
GBX 289
-0.8%
GBX 380
+31.5%
-5.8%£2.44B£734.24M20.813,342Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RS1
RS Group
2.701 of 5 stars
GBX 491.40
-1.2%
GBX 840
+70.9%
-29.6%£2.32B£2.91B12.706,500
OLEE
Oleeo
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.25B£568.16M-898.88115Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AGK
Aggreko
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.23B£1.36B-19.996,000
BBY
Balfour Beatty
2.3964 of 5 stars
GBX 431.09
-0.1%
GBX 542.50
+25.8%
+25.5%£2.20B£7.72B10.06105,000
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.8735 of 5 stars
GBX 386.60
-2.4%
GBX 533.75
+38.1%
+14.3%£2.13B£1.89B16.018,588Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
JLG
John Laing Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.99B£25M-30.04156
WIZZ
Wizz Air
3.639 of 5 stars
GBX 1,555
+6.5%
GBX 2,275
+46.3%
-21.9%£1.91B£6.06B6.487,389
BCA
BCA Marketplace
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.85B£3.03B27.477,263

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