MGAM vs. BOY, GDWN, ITM, RNO, AVG, CGS, LOAD, MPAC, PHE, and CPH2
Should you be buying Morgan Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Advanced Materials include Bodycote (BOY), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), Renold (RNO), Avingtrans (AVG), Castings (CGS), Crestchic (LOAD), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), and Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Morgan Advanced Materials vs. Its Competitors
Morgan Advanced Materials (LON:MGAM) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 49.4% 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. Morgan Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Morgan Advanced Materials' net margin of 6.17%. Morgan Advanced Materials' return on equity of 19.02% beat Bodycote's return on equity.
Morgan Advanced Materials presently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 27.10%. Bodycote has a consensus price target of GBX 758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.94%. Given Morgan Advanced Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Morgan Advanced Materials is more favorable than Bodycote.
In the previous week, Bodycote had 2 more articles in the media than Morgan Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bodycote and 0 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Morgan Advanced Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.6% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Morgan Advanced Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Morgan Advanced Materials and Bodycote tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MGAM) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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