Financial Analysis: Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) & Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY)

Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) and Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Magnera and Weir Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnera	0	2	0	0	2.00
Weir Group	0	2	1	2	3.00

Magnera presently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.24%. Given Magnera’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Magnera is more favorable than Weir Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Magnera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Magnera has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weir Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Magnera and Weir Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnera	-4.98%	-9.57%	-3.49%
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Magnera and Weir Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Magnera	$332.10 million	1.33	-$15.25 million	($7.64)	-1.62
Weir Group	$3.20 billion	N/A	$398.96 million	N/A	N/A

Weir Group has higher revenue and earnings than Magnera.

Summary

Weir Group beats Magnera on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Magnera

Magnera’s purpose is to better the world with new possibilities made real. By continuously co-creating and innovating with our partners, we develop original material solutions that make a brighter future possible. With a breadth of technologies and a passion for what we create, Magnera’s solutions propel our customers’ goals forward and solve end-users’ problems, every day.

About Weir Group

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.