IMI (IMI) Competitors

GBX 1,897.40
+22.52 (+1.20%)
(As of 07:54 AM ET)

IMI vs. WEIR, SMIN, SPX, ROR, MRO, BOY, DPLM, EZJ, RS1, and BAB

Should you be buying IMI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IMI include The Weir Group (WEIR), Smiths Group (SMIN), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Rotork (ROR), Melrose Industries (MRO), Bodycote (BOY), Diploma (DPLM), easyJet (EZJ), RS Group (RS1), and Babcock International Group (BAB). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

IMI vs.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IMI10.81% 24.52% 9.25%
The Weir Group 8.65%13.38%5.77%

IMI currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,983.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.66%. The Weir Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,188.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.24%. Given IMI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe IMI is more favorable than The Weir Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IMI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
The Weir Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

IMI has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.8% of IMI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of The Weir Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The Weir Group received 91 more outperform votes than IMI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.58% of users gave IMI an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave The Weir Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IMIOutperform Votes
566
59.58%
Underperform Votes
384
40.42%
The Weir GroupOutperform Votes
657
59.40%
Underperform Votes
449
40.60%

IMI pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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.

In the previous week, IMI had 2 more articles in the media than The Weir Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IMI and 5 mentions for The Weir Group. IMI's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat The Weir Group's score of 0.07 indicating that IMI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IMI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The Weir Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IMI£2.20B2.24£237.30M£0.932,040.22
The Weir Group£2.64B2.16£229.20M£0.882,493.18

Summary

IMI beats The Weir Group on 14 of the 20 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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IMI vs. The Competition

MetricIMISpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.93B£4.46B£3.15B£1.44B
Dividend Yield1.50%2.49%4.39%11.84%
P/E Ratio2,040.22266.02399.211,681.39
Price / Sales2.243,122.54578.57257,702.60
Price / Cash25.1410.2130.6532.84
Price / Book4.792.423.742.71
Net Income£237.30M£293.87M£194.47M£165.85M
7 Day Performance1.57%0.64%6.07%1.20%
1 Month Performance9.74%4.39%9.43%5.01%
1 Year Performance14.10%4.37%20.47%10.38%

IMI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEIR
The Weir Group
0.2777 of 5 stars
GBX 2,094
+0.3%
GBX 2,188.75
+4.5%
+17.0%£5.44B£2.64B2,379.5512,391
SMIN
Smiths Group
1.1591 of 5 stars
GBX 1,724
-0.5%
GBX 1,846.67
+7.1%
+0.8%£5.97B£3.05B2,612.1215,156
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
1.0322 of 5 stars
GBX 9,260
+0.9%
£101.50
+9.6%
-17.4%£6.82B£1.68B3,718.8810,000Positive News
ROR
Rotork
0.1165 of 5 stars
GBX 336.80
-0.7%
GBX 336.67
0.0%
-2.2%£2.89B£719.15M2,590.773,342Gap Down
MRO
Melrose Industries
0.981 of 5 stars
GBX 611.40
+1.0%
GBX 590
-3.5%
+26.0%£8.01B£3.35B-30,060.0013,492Positive News
BOY
Bodycote
0.3068 of 5 stars
GBX 740
+1.5%
GBX 670
-9.5%
+10.2%£1.39B£802.50M1,644.444,933
DPLM
Diploma
0.1681 of 5 stars
GBX 4,086
+0.6%
GBX 3,712.50
-9.1%
+35.9%£5.48B£1.20B4,490.113,319Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
EZJ
easyJet
2.2144 of 5 stars
GBX 525
+0.3%
GBX 663.75
+26.4%
-2.2%£3.95B£8.17B1,220.9316,697Dividend Cut
RS1
RS Group
0.5829 of 5 stars
GBX 820
+0.7%
GBX 1,013
+23.5%
-4.0%£3.89B£2.97B1,640.008,768
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.3036 of 5 stars
GBX 519.50
+3.1%
GBX 559.80
+7.8%
+65.7%£2.63B£4.47B8,658.3326,115

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This page (LON:IMI) was last updated on 5/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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