Rotork (ROR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROR or SMIN?

Smiths Group received 88 more outperform votes than Rotork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote while only 44.51% of users gave Rotork an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rotork	Outperform Votes 365 44.51%	Underperform Votes 455 55.49%
Smiths Group	Outperform Votes 453 62.48%	Underperform Votes 272 37.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, ROR or SMIN?

Rotork has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ROR or SMIN?

Rotork presently has a consensus price target of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 24.83%. Smiths Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,015, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Given Rotork's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rotork is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rotork	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Smiths Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ROR or SMIN?

70.6% of Rotork shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Rotork shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ROR or SMIN a better dividend stock?

Rotork pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Rotork pays out 50.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to ROR or SMIN?

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 4 more articles in the media than Rotork. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Smiths Group and 0 mentions for Rotork. Rotork's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smiths Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Rotork	Neutral
Smiths Group	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ROR or SMIN?

Smiths Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rotork. Rotork 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
Rotork	£734.24M	3.50	£117.29M	£13.89	21.91
Smiths Group	£3.07B	2.10	£245.01M	£71.98	26.23

Is ROR or SMIN more profitable?

Rotork has a net margin of 15.98% compared to Smiths Group's net margin of 7.98%. Rotork's return on equity of 19.42% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rotork	15.98%	19.42%	14.75%
Smiths Group	7.98%	11.54%	6.47%

Summary

Smiths Group beats Rotork on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.