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LON:SMIN

Smiths Group (SMIN) Competitors

GBX 1,626
+7.00 (+0.43%)
(As of 06/5/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
1,615
1,633
50-Day Range
1,606
1,720
52-Week Range
1,363.22
1,807
Volume
495,493 shs
Average Volume
769,518 shs
Market Capitalization
£5.71 billion
P/E Ratio
54,200.00
Dividend Yield
2.46%
Price Target
GBX 1,785

SMIN vs. MRO, WEIR, MGGT, ITRK, BKG, IMI, TW, HSV, COB, and RS1

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), Meggitt (MGGT), Intertek Group (ITRK), The Berkeley Group (BKG), IMI (IMI), Taylor Wimpey (TW), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), and RS Group (RS1). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Smiths Group vs.

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

Melrose Industries received 551 more outperform votes than Smiths Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.75% of users gave Melrose Industries an outperform vote while only 62.36% of users gave Smiths Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Melrose IndustriesOutperform Votes
1000
84.75%
Underperform Votes
180
15.25%
Smiths GroupOutperform Votes
449
62.36%
Underperform Votes
271
37.64%

Smiths Group has a net margin of 0.70% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -4.09%. Smiths Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Melrose Industries -4.09% -3.03% -0.56%
Smiths Group 0.70% N/A 4.49%

Melrose Industries presently has a consensus price target of GBX 345, suggesting a potential downside of 29.98%. Smiths Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,785, suggesting a potential upside of 9.91%. Given Smiths Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smiths Group is more favorable than Melrose Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Smiths Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Melrose Industries pays out -4,117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths Group pays out 133,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

74.6% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Smiths Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Smiths Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Melrose Industries and Melrose Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Melrose Industries' score of 0.27 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smiths Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Smiths Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Melrose Industries£7.54 billion0.88-£228 million-£0.17-2,898.24
Smiths Group£2.87 billion1.99-£1 million£0.0354,133.33

Summary

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


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SMIN vs. The Competition

MetricSmiths GroupDiversified Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.70B£1.48B£3.15B£1.37B
Dividend Yield2.47%2.59%4.36%13.39%
P/E Ratio54,133.3314,546.63538.181,624.64
Price / Sales1.99403.60207.5246,097.92
Price / Cash5.5010.7629.3632.92
Price / Book2.343.043.672.66
Net Income-£1M-£7.54M£232.35M£215.30M
7 Day Performance-1.10%1.01%0.26%4.06%
1 Month Performance-2.87%2.73%0.30%3.84%
1 Year Performance4.04%25.68%11.10%33.27%

Smiths Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.6162 of 5 stars
GBX 477.80
+0.6%
GBX 345
-27.8%
+269.3%£6.45B£7.54B-2,810.5937,336
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.2168 of 5 stars
GBX 1,726
-0.4%
GBX 1,870
+8.3%
+10.5%£4.48B£2.47B2,104.8811,994
MGGT
Meggitt
0 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 800
+∞
N/A£6.25B£1.63B79,880.009,270High Trading Volume
ITRK
Intertek Group
1.2272 of 5 stars
GBX 4,195
-1.4%
GBX 4,283.40
+2.1%
-6.4%£6.77B£3.19B2,356.7444,063
BKG
The Berkeley Group
1.6035 of 5 stars
GBX 3,983
+0.2%
GBX 4,624.40
+16.1%
-4.6%£4.28B£2.33B981.032,705
IMI
IMI
1.811 of 5 stars
GBX 1,614
+0.3%
GBX 1,855
+14.9%
+17.1%£4.21B£2.05B1,855.1711,233
TW
Taylor Wimpey
1.3008 of 5 stars
GBX 115.60
0.0%
GBX 129.50
+12.0%
-9.0%£4.08B£4.42B642.225,358
HSV
HomeServe
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,198
flat
N/AN/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
COB
Cobham
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,069
RS1
RS Group
1.9192 of 5 stars
GBX 799.80
-0.4%
GBX 1,046.25
+30.8%
-16.8%£3.78B£2.80B1,403.16N/A

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