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Smiths Group (SMIN) Competitors

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GBX 2,372 +2.00 (+0.08%)
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SMIN vs. MRO, WEIR, IMI, SPX, ROR, BOY, GDWN, MGAM, 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), Goodwin (GDWN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 612, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Given Melrose Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smiths Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 2 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smiths Group and 1 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Smiths Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Melrose Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smiths Group£3.07B2.63£245.01M£71.9832.95
Melrose Industries£3.41B2.23-£38.41M-£2.96-199.13

72.2% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smiths Group7.98% 11.54% 6.47%
Melrose Industries -1.13%-1.18%0.11%

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 1.0%. 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.

Summary

Smiths Group and Melrose Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMIN vs. The Competition

MetricSmiths GroupSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.08B£6.60B£7.70B£3.17B
Dividend Yield2.10%2.74%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio32.9524.1926.12168.09
Price / Sales2.63270.9998.20477,360.22
Price / Cash5.509.3328.6727.93
Price / Book3.662.784.127.19
Net Income£245.01M£298.37M£796.90M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.48%-0.02%0.15%
1 Month Performance2.33%0.16%0.46%49.91%
1 Year Performance31.56%14.60%27.49%160.45%

Smiths Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.1667 of 5 stars
GBX 2,372
+0.1%
N/A+33.4%£8.08B£3.07B32.9515,156
MRO
Melrose Industries
0.7286 of 5 stars
GBX 592.80
+0.3%
GBX 612
+3.2%
N/A£7.66B£3.41B-200.491,570
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.3919 of 5 stars
GBX 2,487.37
-0.9%
GBX 2,772
+11.4%
+27.9%£6.41B£2.54B29.2312,391High Trading Volume
IMI
IMI
3.5948 of 5 stars
GBX 2,316
-0.6%
GBX 2,575
+11.2%
+27.4%£5.87B£2.15B23.7310,000
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.3265 of 5 stars
GBX 7,325
-0.2%
GBX 7,983.33
+9.0%
-1.8%£5.39B£1.66B28.0910,000
ROR
Rotork
2.6706 of 5 stars
GBX 349.80
-0.3%
GBX 396.25
+13.3%
+5.2%£2.96B£734.24M25.183,342
BOY
Bodycote
2.0204 of 5 stars
GBX 635.50
-2.3%
GBX 758.33
+19.3%
-2.2%£1.14B£739.54M19.124,833Gap Down
GDWN
Goodwin
N/AGBX 9,640
-1.2%
N/A+32.6%£734.12M£193.95M43.431,144
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
4.2218 of 5 stars
GBX 217.13
+1.2%
GBX 270
+24.4%
-30.8%£612.04M£1.11B8.948,694
ITM
ITM Power
1.1316 of 5 stars
GBX 71.65
+2.7%
GBX 76.67
+7.0%
+39.3%£446.50M£16.67M-16.39359Gap Down
RNO
Renold
N/AGBX 81
+0.5%
N/A+45.7%£195.50M£280.18M10.001,824News Coverage

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