RHIM vs. MRO, DPLM, WEIR, MGGT, CPI, BAB, IMI, SPX, HSV, and EZJ
Should you be buying RHI Magnesita stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RHI Magnesita include Melrose Industries (MRO), Diploma (DPLM), The Weir Group (WEIR), Meggitt (MGGT), Capita (CPI), Babcock International Group (BAB), IMI (IMI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), HomeServe (HSV), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RHI Magnesita vs. Its Competitors
RHI Magnesita (LON:RHIM) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.
RHI Magnesita has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more 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.
RHI Magnesita has higher revenue and earnings than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RHI Magnesita, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.1% of RHI Magnesita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 42.2% of RHI Magnesita shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Melrose Industries had 3 more articles in the media than RHI Magnesita. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Melrose Industries and 2 mentions for RHI Magnesita. RHI Magnesita's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.26 indicating that RHI Magnesita is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RHI Magnesita pays an annual dividend of GBX 156 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. RHI Magnesita pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melrose Industries pays out -202.9% 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,150, suggesting a potential upside of 37.65%. Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 553.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.72%. Given RHI Magnesita's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe RHI Magnesita is more favorable than Melrose Industries.
RHI Magnesita has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. RHI Magnesita's return on equity of 15.28% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
Summary
RHI Magnesita beats Melrose Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RHIM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff