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The Weir Group (WEIR) Competitors

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GBX 2,798 -50.00 (-1.76%)
As of 08:42 AM Eastern

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Weir Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Melrose Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Weir Group£2.49B2.91£218.85M£1.192,359.19
Melrose Industries£3.45B2.24-£38.41M£0.252,489.48

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Weir Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Melrose Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Weir Group8.60% 12.79% 5.84%
Melrose Industries -1.13%-1.18%0.11%

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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WEIR vs. The Competition

MetricThe Weir GroupSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.26B£7.13B£7.72B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.47%2.75%4.60%5.32%
P/E Ratio2,359.19317.89297.874,375.24
Price / Sales2.9114,182.491,277.34101,104.19
Price / Cash9.439.3327.8527.90
Price / Book4.142.914.877.93
Net Income£218.85M£298.37M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.65%-1.00%-0.42%0.01%
1 Month Performance7.38%3.16%3.71%1.86%
1 Year Performance31.73%18.75%29.41%140.53%

The Weir Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.3519 of 5 stars
GBX 2,798
-1.8%
GBX 2,972
+6.2%
+32.9%£7.26B£2.49B2,359.1912,391
MRO
Melrose Industries
2.4924 of 5 stars
GBX 639
+0.1%
GBX 655
+2.5%
+45.0%£8.07B£3.45B2,597.561,570Positive News
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.1205 of 5 stars
GBX 2,414
+0.5%
N/A+44.8%£7.84B£2.92B2,830.0115,156Positive News
IMI
IMI
2.4549 of 5 stars
GBX 2,300.93
-0.4%
GBX 2,575
+11.9%
+28.9%£5.67B£2.20B2,466.1610,000Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.7208 of 5 stars
GBX 7,120
-2.3%
GBX 7,900
+11.0%
+1.0%£5.25B£1.66B3,234.8910,000
ROR
Rotork
2.8791 of 5 stars
GBX 341.20
+0.5%
GBX 396.25
+16.1%
+4.2%£2.83B£760.33M2,916.243,342
BOY
Bodycote
2.6418 of 5 stars
GBX 662.76
-2.1%
GBX 811.67
+22.5%
+19.2%£1.16B£727.10M4,142.254,833Gap Up
GDWN
Goodwin
N/A£142.50
-4.4%
N/A+102.1%£1.07B£219.71M4,355.531,144High Trading Volume
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
3.3513 of 5 stars
GBX 221
-2.4%
GBX 241.67
+9.4%
-16.0%£614.67M£1.05B2,255.108,694News Coverage
Positive News
ITM
ITM Power
1.3771 of 5 stars
GBX 90
+3.4%
GBX 95
+5.6%
+81.9%£554.55M£26.04M-1,216.22359High Trading Volume
AVG
Avingtrans
N/AGBX 503.72
+0.7%
N/A+21.3%£166.88M£156.41M2,708.17732News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:WEIR) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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