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The Weir Group (WEIR) Competitors

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GBX 2,524 +24.00 (+0.96%)
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WEIR vs. SMIN, MRO, IMI, SPX, ROR, BOY, MGAM, GDWN, 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), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Goodwin (GDWN), ITM Power (ITM), and Renold (RNO). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.

The Weir Group vs. Its Competitors

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

The Weir Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,483.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.61%. Smiths Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,850, indicating a potential downside of 17.63%. Given The Weir Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe The Weir Group is more favorable than Smiths Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Weir Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Smiths Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

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

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
The Weir Group£2.54B2.56£218.85M£85.1029.66
Smiths Group£3.07B2.49£245.01M£71.9831.20

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
The Weir Group8.60% 12.79% 5.84%
Smiths Group 7.98%11.54%6.47%

The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Smiths Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. The Weir Group pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smiths Group pays out 61.1% 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.

In the previous week, Smiths Group had 2 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smiths Group and 0 mentions for The Weir Group. Smiths Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat The Weir Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smiths Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Weir Group Neutral
Smiths Group Neutral

Summary

Smiths Group beats The Weir Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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£6.50B£6.20B£7.47B£2.96B
Dividend Yield1.64%2.74%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio29.6616.0324.77147.41
Price / Sales2.56281.62117.31240,143.56
Price / Cash9.439.3326.6527.97
Price / Book3.732.764.344.55
Net Income£218.85M£298.37M£790.28M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.37%-0.43%1.72%1.27%
1 Month Performance3.70%1.32%4.80%4.62%
1 Year Performance27.93%12.13%31.79%82.58%

The Weir Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEIR
The Weir Group
N/AGBX 2,524
+1.0%
GBX 2,483.33
-1.6%
+26.7%£6.50B£2.54B29.6612,391
SMIN
Smiths Group
2.0012 of 5 stars
GBX 2,230
-0.7%
GBX 1,850
-17.0%
+31.3%£7.60B£3.07B30.9815,156
MRO
Melrose Industries
0.9998 of 5 stars
GBX 514.60
-3.1%
GBX 640
+24.4%
-9.6%£6.65B£3.41B-174.041,570
IMI
IMI
2.4768 of 5 stars
GBX 2,085
-0.4%
GBX 2,400
+15.1%
+17.4%£5.29B£2.15B21.3710,000
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.9122 of 5 stars
GBX 5,885
-1.2%
GBX 8,107.50
+37.8%
-28.1%£4.33B£1.66B22.5710,000News Coverage
ROR
Rotork
N/AGBX 318.60
-0.8%
GBX 380
+19.3%
-3.4%£2.69B£734.24M22.943,342
BOY
Bodycote
3.2775 of 5 stars
GBX 572.50
-2.1%
GBX 812.50
+41.9%
-13.9%£1.03B£739.54M17.234,833
MGAM
Morgan Advanced Materials
4.1447 of 5 stars
GBX 217
-1.4%
GBX 305
+40.6%
-29.2%£611.69M£1.11B8.938,694
GDWN
Goodwin
N/AGBX 7,720
+0.8%
N/A-12.7%£587.91M£193.95M34.781,144Dividend Increase
ITM
ITM Power
0.5266 of 5 stars
GBX 79.12
-0.6%
GBX 69.75
-11.8%
+86.7%£493.07M£16.67M-18.10359Gap Up
RNO
Renold
N/AGBX 80.80
+0.7%
N/A+31.3%£195.01M£280.18M9.981,824News Coverage

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This page (LON:WEIR) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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