IMI vs. WEIR, SMIN, ROR, SPX, BOY, GEC, MRO, DPLM, EZJ, and RS1
Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include The Weir Group (WEIR), Smiths Group (SMIN), Rotork (ROR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Bodycote (BOY), General Electric (GEC), Melrose Industries (MRO), Diploma (DPLM), easyJet (EZJ), and RS Group (RS1). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
IMI (LON:IMI) and The Weir Group (LON:WEIR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. IMI pays out 3,010.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Weir Group pays out 4,431.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
IMI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Weir Group. IMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Weir Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.1% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of The Weir Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of IMI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The Weir Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IMI has a net margin of 10.81% compared to The Weir Group's net margin of 8.65%. IMI's return on equity of 24.52% beat The Weir Group's return on equity.
The Weir Group received 90 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IMI had 2 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IMI and 10 mentions for The Weir Group. The Weir Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat IMI's score of -0.14 indicating that The Weir Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IMI presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,983.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,226.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given IMI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe IMI is more favorable than The Weir Group.
IMI has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IMI beats The Weir Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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