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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
IMI beats The Weir Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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