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LON:MGNS

Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS) Competitors

GBX 1,838
+8.00 (+0.44%)
(As of 03:12 AM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
1,780.58
1,838
50-Day Range
1,608
1,856
52-Week Range
1,330
2,145
Volume
1,189 shs
Average Volume
51,674 shs
Market Capitalization
£870.29 million
P/E Ratio
1,413.85
Dividend Yield
5.50%
Price Target
N/A

MGNS vs. HILS, KLR, KIE, PTSG, CLG, JHD, CKN, MGAM, FGP, and GEN

Should you be buying Morgan Sindall Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Sindall Group include Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Clipper Logistics (CLG), James Halstead (JHD), Clarkson (CKN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), FirstGroup (FGP), and Genuit Group (GEN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Morgan Sindall Group vs.

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

83.5% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 1.69%. Hill & Smith's return on equity of 14.51% beat Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hill & Smith 7.74% 14.51% 7.75%
Morgan Sindall Group 1.69% 12.55% 4.39%

Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 101 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Hill & Smith pays out 5,223.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 7,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hill & Smith£732.10 million1.59£53.30 million£0.672,173.13
Morgan Sindall Group£3.61 billion0.24£60.90 million£1.301,407.69

In the previous week, Hill & Smith had 8 more articles in the media than Morgan Sindall Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hill & Smith and 0 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hill & Smith Neutral
Morgan Sindall Group Neutral

Hill & Smith currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,563.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Given Hill & Smith's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Morgan Sindall Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hill & Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Morgan Sindall Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Morgan Sindall Group received 38 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.21% of users gave Morgan Sindall Group an outperform vote while only 70.13% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hill & SmithOutperform Votes
317
70.13%
Underperform Votes
135
29.87%
Morgan Sindall GroupOutperform Votes
355
75.21%
Underperform Votes
117
24.79%

Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Morgan Sindall Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MGNS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MGNS vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Sindall GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£866.51M£1.38B£3.14B£1.42B
Dividend Yield5.51%5.04%4.33%12.82%
P/E Ratio1,407.69305.04539.221,730.61
Price / Sales0.2488.16212.1945,466.91
Price / Cash2.0319.7528.7326.76
Price / Book1.702.043.282.60
Net Income£60.90M£48.21M£232.12M£210.92M
7 Day Performance-0.87%-1.27%-1.02%-0.13%
1 Month Performance8.03%-1.94%-0.76%3.65%
1 Year Performance-12.02%8.88%11.07%27.11%

Morgan Sindall Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HILS
Hill & Smith
1.2558 of 5 stars
GBX 1,368
-1.7%
GBX 1,550
+13.3%
+0.6%£1.10B£732.10M2,041.794,402
KLR
Keller Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 705.80
-0.3%
N/A-8.1%£513.68M£2.94B1,008.2910,000Positive News
KIE
Kier Group
2.4314 of 5 stars
GBX 80.10
-0.6%
GBX 175
+118.5%
-0.5%£357.49M£3.19B1,602.0011,302
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 210
flat
N/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
CLG
Clipper Logistics
0 of 5 stars
GBX 837
+0.2%
N/A+0.0%£869.17M£797.15M37.709,000High Trading Volume
JHD
James Halstead
0 of 5 stars
GBX 212
-0.9%
N/A-5.5%£883.49M£304.84M2,355.56819
CKN
Clarkson
0 of 5 stars
GBX 2,900
-1.7%
GBX 4,032.50
+39.1%
-9.1%£888.27M£603.80M1,178.861,693
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
2.0433 of 5 stars
GBX 284.50
-0.9%
GBX 397.50
+39.7%
-9.5%£811.88M£1.11B948.337,800
FGP
FirstGroup
1.8334 of 5 stars
GBX 113.50
-1.0%
GBX 146.40
+29.0%
-15.8%£805.90M£4.66B1,891.67100,807Gap Up
GEN
Genuit Group
1.5851 of 5 stars
GBX 322.50
-1.8%
GBX 389
+20.6%
-29.5%£803.57M£622.20M2,150.003,658Gap Down

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This page (LON:MGNS) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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