SMIN vs. MRO, WEIR, IMI, SPX, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, ITM, and RNO
Should you be buying Smiths Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smiths Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), The Weir Group (WEIR), IMI (IMI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), 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.
Smiths Group vs. Its Competitors
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Smiths Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smiths Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% 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.
Smiths Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, suggesting a potential downside of 21.48%. Melrose Industries has a consensus target price of GBX 553.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. Given Melrose Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Smiths Group.
Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Smiths Group has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. Smiths Group's return on equity of 11.54% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
72.2% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Smiths Group had 4 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Smiths Group and 3 mentions for Melrose Industries. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.72 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Smiths Group beats Melrose Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SMIN) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
