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 mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
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.
Morgan Sindall Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,016.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.22%. Babcock International Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,180, indicating a potential downside of 6.13%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group had 4 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group and 2 mentions for Babcock International Group. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Morgan Sindall Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MGNS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
