MGAM vs. BOY, GDWN, ITM, RNO, AVG, LOAD, CGS, 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), Crestchic (LOAD), Castings (CGS), 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.
Morgan Advanced Materials (LON:MGAM) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.
87.6% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Morgan Advanced Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bodycote received 70 more outperform votes than Morgan Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Morgan Advanced Materials an outperform vote.
Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% 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.
Morgan Advanced Materials currently has a consensus target price of GBX 305, indicating a potential upside of 44.55%. Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.79%. Given Bodycote's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.
Summary
Morgan Advanced Materials beats Bodycote on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MGAM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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