ROR vs. SMIN, WEIR, MRO, IMI, SPX, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and RNO
Should you be buying Rotork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rotork include Smiths Group (SMIN), The Weir Group (WEIR), Melrose Industries (MRO), IMI (IMI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Bodycote (BOY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Renold (RNO). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Rotork vs. Its Competitors
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and Rotork (LON:ROR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
72.2% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Rotork shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Rotork shares are held by company 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.
Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Rotork pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rotork pays out 50.4% 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. Rotork is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 44.46% of users gave Rotork an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Smiths Group and Smiths Group both had 1 articles in the media. Rotork's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Rotork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smiths Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, suggesting a potential downside of 17.63%. Rotork has a consensus target price of GBX 380, suggesting a potential upside of 16.37%. Given Rotork's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rotork is more favorable than Smiths Group.
Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rotork has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Rotork beats Smiths Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ROR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
