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Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS) Competitors

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GBX 4,755 -90.00 (-1.86%)
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MGNS vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, KLR, KIE, KINO, RNWH, GFRD, COST, and PTSG

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), Kinovo (KINO), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), and Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG). 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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

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%

65.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group had 2 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group and 2 mentions for Babcock International Group. Morgan Sindall Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.59 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Morgan Sindall Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Babcock International Group has higher revenue and earnings 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£4.83B1.18£165.10M£0.482,366.67
Morgan Sindall Group£4.70B0.48£125.92M£3.111,529.92

Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Babcock International Group pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 42.3% 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,180, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Morgan Sindall Group has a consensus target price of GBX 5,016.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.50%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£2.23B£2.90B£7.81B£2.55B
Dividend Yield2.85%3.42%4.60%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,529.92375.36293.054,377.65
Price / Sales0.4878.471,266.8299,516.93
Price / Cash2.0314.6128.1227.90
Price / Book3.813.164.848.11
Net Income£125.92M£82.90M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.74%0.28%0.43%-0.81%
1 Month Performance12.54%3.87%2.84%1.15%
1 Year Performance44.47%58.78%27.47%135.74%

Morgan Sindall Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
1.9876 of 5 stars
GBX 4,755
-1.9%
GBX 5,016.67
+5.5%
+49.1%£2.23B£4.70B1,529.927,700
BAB
Babcock International Group
1.1543 of 5 stars
GBX 1,205
-0.5%
GBX 1,180
-2.1%
+142.9%£6.04B£4.83B2,510.4226,115Gap Down
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.1244 of 5 stars
GBX 662.50
+0.5%
GBX 680
+2.6%
+47.3%£3.24B£8.87B1,876.77105,000Gap Up
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.6964 of 5 stars
GBX 2,095
-0.9%
GBX 2,637.50
+25.9%
+4.0%£1.68B£864M2,107.654,336Positive News
KLR
Keller Group
2.7779 of 5 stars
GBX 1,556
-0.5%
GBX 1,780
+14.4%
-7.8%£1.09B£2.95B817.239,500News Coverage
Insider Trade
KIE
Kier Group
1.972 of 5 stars
GBX 230.56
+0.2%
GBX 240
+4.1%
+59.6%£1.00B£4.08B1,905.4510,286Gap Up
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,195
flat
GBX 95
-92.1%
+1,752.7%£757.16M£63.37M-628,947.37203
RNWH
Renew
2.2864 of 5 stars
GBX 932.81
-1.2%
GBX 1,283.33
+37.6%
-17.7%£738.38M£1.08B1,632.504,361Dividend Increase
GFRD
Galliford Try
1.6231 of 5 stars
GBX 542.37
+2.5%
GBX 527.50
-2.7%
+48.6%£532.99M£1.88B1,684.363,922High Trading Volume
COST
Costain Group
2.3647 of 5 stars
GBX 150
-1.6%
GBX 168.33
+12.2%
+49.6%£399.90M£1.14B1,304.353,270High Trading Volume
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850

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This page (LON:MGNS) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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