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Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS) Competitors

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GBX 4,480 +85.00 (+1.93%)
As of 07/3/2025 12:13 PM Eastern

MGNS vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR

Should you be buying Morgan Sindall Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Sindall Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Morgan Sindall Group vs. Its Competitors

Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Babcock International Group£4.37B1.25£165.10M£33.0532.86
Morgan Sindall Group£4.46B0.47£125.92M£265.6816.86

Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 120 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Babcock International Group pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 45.2% 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.

Babcock International Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 2.82%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 44.68% beat Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Babcock International Group3.77% 44.68% 4.47%
Morgan Sindall Group 2.82%21.60%4.46%

In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 6 more articles in the media than Morgan Sindall Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Babcock International Group and 3 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group. Morgan Sindall Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Morgan Sindall Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Babcock International Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Morgan Sindall Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Babcock International Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 970, indicating a potential downside of 10.68%. Morgan Sindall Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,500, indicating a potential upside of 0.45%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Babcock International Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Babcock International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Morgan Sindall Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Babcock International Group beats Morgan Sindall Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGNS vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Sindall GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.12B£2.73B£7.53B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.26%3.02%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio16.8629.4224.98146.59
Price / Sales0.4771.02116.24240,167.53
Price / Cash2.0314.6127.4527.97
Price / Book3.592.914.365.30
Net Income£125.92M£82.90M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.86%16.69%2.43%0.92%
1 Month Performance18.83%18.41%5.71%5.20%
1 Year Performance71.69%116.58%32.74%80.76%

Morgan Sindall Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
1.7264 of 5 stars
GBX 4,480
+1.9%
GBX 4,500
+0.4%
+72.6%£2.12B£4.46B16.867,700News Coverage
Gap Down
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.7267 of 5 stars
GBX 1,146.34
-0.1%
GBX 970
-15.4%
+106.3%£5.75B£4.37B34.6926,115
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.1822 of 5 stars
GBX 521.50
-0.1%
GBX 542.50
+4.0%
+38.2%£2.66B£7.72B12.18105,000
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.5837 of 5 stars
GBX 1,782
-0.6%
GBX 2,500
+40.3%
-8.4%£1.44B£834.58M18.734,336
KLR
Keller Group
2.2046 of 5 stars
GBX 1,454
-0.5%
GBX 1,750
+20.4%
+9.9%£1.06B£3.01B8.419,500News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KIE
Kier Group
1.5858 of 5 stars
GBX 209.82
+0.4%
GBX 210
+0.1%
+45.7%£903.18M£3.92B21.1210,286
RNWH
Renew
N/AGBX 849
-0.1%
N/A-23.6%£683.46M£1.10B14.204,361News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
GFRD
Galliford Try
N/AGBX 419.26
-0.1%
N/A+68.5%£415.78M£1.69B12.173,922
COST
Costain Group
0.9042 of 5 stars
GBX 148.27
+0.0%
GBX 105
-29.2%
+68.3%£397.14M£1.28B13.243,270
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 37.80
+0.5%
N/A-49.3%£110.38M£444.13M7.201,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up

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This page (LON:MGNS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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