WEIR vs. MRO, SMIN, IMI, SPX, ROR, BOY, GDWN, MGAM, ITM, and AVG
Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), IMI (IMI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Bodycote (BOY), Goodwin (GDWN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), ITM Power (ITM), and Avingtrans (AVG). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
The Weir Group vs. Its Competitors
The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) and Melrose Industries (LON:MRO) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
64.9% of The Weir Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Weir Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Melrose Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Weir Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,972, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Melrose Industries has a consensus price target of GBX 655, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Melrose Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Melrose Industries is more favorable than The Weir Group.
The Weir Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melrose Industries. The Weir Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melrose Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Weir Group had 4 more articles in the media than Melrose Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The Weir Group and 4 mentions for Melrose Industries. Melrose Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat The Weir Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Melrose Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Melrose Industries pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Weir Group pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melrose Industries pays out 24.4% 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.
The Weir Group has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Melrose Industries' net margin of -1.13%. The Weir Group's return on equity of 12.79% beat Melrose Industries' return on equity.
The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melrose Industries has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Weir Group beats Melrose Industries on 10 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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This page (LON:WEIR) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
