RHI Magnesita (RHIM) Competitors

RHI Magnesita (LON:RHIM) and Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, RHIM or SMIN?

RHI Magnesita has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RHIM or SMIN?

Smiths Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RHI Magnesita. RHI Magnesita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RHI Magnesita	£4.18B	0.41	£217.75M	£318.98	9.51
Smiths Group	£3.07B	2.38	£245.01M	£71.98	29.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RHIM or SMIN?

Smiths Group received 323 more outperform votes than RHI Magnesita when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.31% of users gave RHI Magnesita an outperform vote while only 62.48% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RHI Magnesita	Outperform Votes 130 78.31%	Underperform Votes 36 21.69%
Smiths Group	Outperform Votes 453 62.48%	Underperform Votes 272 37.52%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RHIM or SMIN?

42.1% of RHI Magnesita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of RHI Magnesita shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts prefer RHIM or SMIN?

RHI Magnesita currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,150, suggesting a potential upside of 36.74%. Smiths Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, suggesting a potential downside of 13.62%. Given RHI Magnesita's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RHI Magnesita is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RHI Magnesita	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Smiths Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is RHIM or SMIN a better dividend stock?

RHI Magnesita pays an annual dividend of GBX 156 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RHI Magnesita pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% 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. RHI Magnesita is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RHIM or SMIN more profitable?

Smiths Group has a net margin of 7.98% compared to RHI Magnesita's net margin of 5.20%. RHI Magnesita's return on equity of 15.28% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RHI Magnesita	5.20%	15.28%	4.04%
Smiths Group	7.98%	11.54%	6.47%

Does the media favor RHIM or SMIN?

In the previous week, RHI Magnesita and RHI Magnesita both had 1 articles in the media. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat RHI Magnesita's score of 0.54 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RHI Magnesita	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smiths Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

RHI Magnesita beats Smiths Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.