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Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS) Competitors

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GBX 4,165 -5.00 (-0.12%)
As of 05:28 AM Eastern

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

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

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
Morgan Sindall Group2.82% 21.60% 4.46%
Babcock International Group 3.77%44.68%4.47%

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

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

Morgan Sindall Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,933.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.45%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,153.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.00%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher probable upside, equities research 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
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
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Morgan Sindall Group£4.70B0.42£125.92M£3.111,340.09
Babcock International Group£4.83B1.21£165.10M£0.482,427.08

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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Babcock International Group pays out 11.0% 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.

In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 3 more articles in the media than Morgan Sindall Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Babcock International Group and 2 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group. Morgan Sindall Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Morgan Sindall Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Babcock International Group beats Morgan Sindall Group on 11 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£1.96B£2.90B£7.78B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.35%3.38%4.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,340.09351.95310.875,423.37
Price / Sales0.4274.66215.4796,681.36
Price / Cash2.0314.6127.9027.93
Price / Book3.342.984.608.98
Net Income£125.92M£82.90M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.71%2.52%1.21%0.69%
1 Month Performance-6.19%2.21%1.64%44.83%
1 Year Performance39.30%55.24%27.21%174.12%

Morgan Sindall Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
2.6552 of 5 stars
GBX 4,165
-0.1%
GBX 4,933.33
+18.4%
+40.9%£1.96B£4.70B1,340.097,700
BAB
Babcock International Group
1.1282 of 5 stars
GBX 1,097
-0.6%
GBX 1,153.33
+5.1%
+147.6%£5.51B£4.83B2,285.4226,115
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.6569 of 5 stars
GBX 620.18
+0.3%
GBX 680
+9.6%
+51.5%£3.05B£8.87B1,756.88105,000
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.2491 of 5 stars
GBX 2,153.11
-0.5%
GBX 2,562.50
+19.0%
+2.7%£1.73B£864M2,166.104,336Gap Up
KLR
Keller Group
2.6949 of 5 stars
GBX 1,336
+0.9%
GBX 1,780
+33.2%
-14.9%£936.87M£2.95B701.689,500
KIE
Kier Group
1.5163 of 5 stars
GBX 187.60
+0.6%
GBX 210
+11.9%
+37.1%£815.93M£4.02B1,974.7410,286News Coverage
Gap Up
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,235
-2.0%
GBX 95
-92.3%
+1,586.6%£782.51M£63.37M-650,000.00203
RNWH
Renew
1.9622 of 5 stars
GBX 813.64
-0.2%
GBX 1,200
+47.5%
-25.7%£644.06M£1.08B1,423.954,361News Coverage
Dividend Increase
GFRD
Galliford Try
2.8325 of 5 stars
GBX 419.92
-0.7%
GBX 510
+21.5%
+46.7%£413.09M£1.88B1,087.863,922News Coverage
COST
Costain Group
2.9158 of 5 stars
GBX 130.39
-0.8%
GBX 162.50
+24.6%
+26.4%£347.61M£1.14B1,133.793,270
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 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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