MRO vs. WDS, BPT, GPOR, KOS, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, and MUR
Should you be buying Melrose Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melrose Industries include Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), and Murgitroyd Group (MUR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Melrose Industries vs. Its Competitors
Woodside Energy Group (LON:WDS) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Melrose Industries and 0 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Melrose Industries received 1005 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 35.59%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
42.1% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Woodside Energy Group has a net margin of 14.76% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Woodside Energy Group's return on equity of 5.32% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 99 per share. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 13,378.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melrose Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Melrose Industries beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MRO) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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