Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BOY or MGAM?

Bodycote currently has a consensus price target of GBX 758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.12%. Morgan Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of GBX 241.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Bodycote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bodycote is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Morgan Advanced Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BOY or MGAM a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Bodycote pays out 143.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 124.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BOY or MGAM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bodycote	£727.10M	1.55	£59.25M	£0.16	4,012.50
Morgan Advanced Materials	£1.05B	0.57	£68.49M	£0.10	2,200.31

Which has more risk and volatility, BOY or MGAM?

Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BOY or MGAM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
Morgan Advanced Materials	6.17%	19.02%	8.24%

Does the media favor BOY or MGAM?

In the previous week, Morgan Advanced Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Morgan Advanced Materials' score of -0.09 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Positive
Morgan Advanced Materials	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BOY or MGAM?

69.8% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bodycote beats Morgan Advanced Materials on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.