Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) Competitors

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

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

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Morgan Advanced Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BOY or MGAM?

Bodycote presently has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.32%. Morgan Advanced Materials has a consensus target price of GBX 305, suggesting a potential upside of 40.23%. Given Bodycote's higher probable upside, equities 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Morgan Advanced Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better valuation & 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	£739.54M	1.36	£59.25M	£33.23	16.94
Morgan Advanced Materials	£1.11B	0.55	£68.49M	£24.30	8.95

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOY or MGAM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
Morgan Advanced Materials	Outperform Votes 494 66.76%	Underperform Votes 246 33.24%

Does the media favor BOY or MGAM?

In the previous week, Morgan Advanced Materials had 1 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Morgan Advanced Materials and 0 mentions for Bodycote. Morgan Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Neutral
Morgan Advanced Materials	Positive

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, BOY or MGAM?

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

Is BOY or MGAM a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Morgan Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Advanced Materials pays out 49.4% 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. Morgan Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Morgan Advanced Materials beats Bodycote on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.