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The Weir Group (WEIR) Competitors

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GBX 2,471.02 -24.98 (-1.00%)
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WEIR vs. SMIN, MRO, IMI, SPX, ROR, BOY, GDWN, MGAM, ITM, and RNO

Should you be buying The Weir Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Weir Group include Smiths Group (SMIN), Melrose Industries (MRO), 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.

The Weir Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Smiths Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Weir Group pays out 45.8% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than The Weir Group. The Weir Group 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£3.07B2.61£245.01M£71.9832.73
The Weir Group£2.54B2.50£218.85M£85.1029.04

The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,772, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given The Weir Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Weir Group 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
The Weir Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smiths Group and 0 mentions for The Weir Group. The Weir Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Smiths Group's score of 0.26 indicating that The Weir Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Smiths Group Neutral
The Weir Group Positive

72.2% of Smiths Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of The Weir Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Smiths Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Weir Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

The Weir Group has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Smiths Group's net margin of 7.98%. The Weir Group's return on equity of 12.79% beat Smiths Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smiths Group7.98% 11.54% 6.47%
The Weir Group 8.60%12.79%5.84%

Summary

Smiths Group and The Weir Group 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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WEIR vs. The Competition

MetricThe Weir GroupSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.36B£6.58B£7.66B£3.17B
Dividend Yield1.64%2.74%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio29.0424.1726.01169.23
Price / Sales2.50270.0897.94465,108.52
Price / Cash9.439.3328.6727.93
Price / Book3.662.774.116.89
Net Income£218.85M£298.37M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.56%0.77%-0.22%0.24%
1 Month Performance-6.52%0.39%0.19%50.01%
1 Year Performance23.67%14.83%27.52%150.48%

The Weir Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.391 of 5 stars
GBX 2,471.02
-1.0%
GBX 2,772
+12.2%
+27.9%£6.36B£2.54B29.0412,391Positive News
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.3908 of 5 stars
GBX 2,323
+0.3%
GBX 1,850
-20.4%
+33.4%£7.91B£3.07B32.2715,156
MRO
Melrose Industries
0.7286 of 5 stars
GBX 586.80
-0.9%
GBX 612
+4.3%
N/A£7.58B£3.41B-198.461,570
IMI
IMI
3.5897 of 5 stars
GBX 2,314
+2.8%
GBX 2,575
+11.3%
+27.4%£5.87B£2.15B23.7110,000High Trading Volume
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
1.4782 of 5 stars
GBX 7,190
+1.1%
GBX 7,983.33
+11.0%
-1.8%£5.29B£1.66B27.5810,000
ROR
Rotork
2.6777 of 5 stars
GBX 346.20
+1.3%
GBX 396.25
+14.5%
+5.2%£2.92B£734.24M24.923,342
BOY
Bodycote
2.0204 of 5 stars
GBX 634.50
+1.4%
GBX 758.33
+19.5%
-2.2%£1.14B£739.54M19.094,833Positive News
Gap Down
GDWN
Goodwin
N/AGBX 9,660
+0.8%
N/A+32.6%£735.65M£193.95M43.521,144Gap Up
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
4.2408 of 5 stars
GBX 205.50
+1.7%
GBX 270
+31.4%
-30.8%£579.27M£1.11B8.468,694
ITM
ITM Power
1.1233 of 5 stars
GBX 69.50
-2.9%
GBX 76.67
+10.3%
+39.3%£433.10M£16.67M-15.90359Gap Down
RNO
Renold
N/AGBX 81
+0.5%
N/A+45.7%£195.50M£280.18M10.001,824News Coverage

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This page (LON:WEIR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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