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Melrose Industries (MRO) Competitors

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GBX 597.80 +4.20 (+0.71%)
As of 09/19/2025 12:19 PM Eastern

MRO vs. WDS, BPT, GPOR, TTE, DEC, KOS, IMO, STR, GTE, and D4H

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), TotalEnergies (TTE), Diversified Energy (DEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), IMImobile (IMO), Stride Gaming (STR), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), and Downing FOUR VCT (D4H). 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 petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

42.1% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Woodside Energy Group14.76% 5.32% 2.90%
Melrose Industries -1.13%-1.18%0.11%

Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 655, indicating a potential upside of 9.57%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Melrose Industries. Woodside Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melrose Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Woodside Energy Group£12.58B0.00£1.86B£0.74N/A
Melrose Industries£3.45B2.20-£38.41M£0.252,430.08

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 99 per share. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 24.4% 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.

In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 7 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Melrose Industries and 0 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Melrose Industries' score of 1.13 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group Very Positive
Melrose Industries Positive

Summary

Melrose Industries beats Woodside Energy Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MRO vs. The Competition

MetricMelrose IndustriesSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.49B£6.47B£7.84B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.08%2.74%4.57%5.31%
P/E Ratio2,430.08345.54306.675,389.17
Price / Sales2.20332.42217.0397,580.70
Price / Cash19.019.3327.9827.93
Price / Book2.562.754.779.20
Net Income-£38.41M£298.37M£799.16M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.57%1.64%1.23%0.71%
1 Month Performance1.84%4.24%3.27%3.21%
1 Year Performance28.26%18.82%26.74%196.53%

Melrose Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRO
Melrose Industries
2.9504 of 5 stars
GBX 597.80
+0.7%
GBX 655
+9.6%
+28.3%£7.49B£3.45B2,430.081,570News Coverage
Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.94B£12.58B1,702.704,380News Coverage
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.6163 of 5 stars
GBX 329.40
-1.7%
GBX 388
+17.8%
-8.7%£2.72B£444.20M6,215.09391News Coverage
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up
TTE
TotalEnergies
N/AGBX 52.44
-4.7%
N/A-17.0%£1.14B£187.12B9.50101,300Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,124.39
-0.6%
N/A+22.4%£869.03M£1.20B-422.701,603News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 118
-1.7%
N/A-58.8%£564.34M£1.49B-347.06240
IMO
IMImobile
N/AN/AN/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
STR
Stride Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.95M£78.21M-25.2510
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 290
-4.3%
N/AN/A£102.34M£621.68M-148.72340Gap Down
D4H
Downing FOUR VCT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£75.57MN/A950.004

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This page (LON:MRO) was last updated on 9/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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