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.
Woodside Energy Group (LON:WDS) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
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 1.1%. 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.
Melrose Industries received 1005 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 640, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 19 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Melrose Industries and 3 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.37 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.1% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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.
Summary
Melrose Industries beats Woodside Energy Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MRO) was last updated on 3/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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