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Bodycote

LSE:BOY GB00B3FLWH99
43
  • Value
    45
  • Growth
    43
  • Safety
    Safety
    53
  • Combined
    41
  • Sentiment
    56
  • 360° View
    360° View
    43
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Company Description

Bodycote plc provides heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services. It operates in the heat treatment, metal joining, and surface technology industries. Bodycote operates globally. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $1,408 million, profits of $371 million, and revenue of $947 million with 4379 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 43 (better than 43% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Bodycote are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Bodycote. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 56, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 56% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 53 or better than 53% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 45, meaning that the share price of Bodycote is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 43. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Refinancing
Weakest Rank Stock Returns
Country United Kingdom
Industry Industrial Machinery
Size Medium
Website bodycote.com
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
45 42 65 59
Growth
43 42 89 57
Safety
Safety
53 47 48 51
Sentiment
56 81 46 51
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43 48 83 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
59 75 36 26
Opinions Change
16 50 21 83
Pro Holdings
n/a 60 67 47
Market Pulse
37 76 57 36
Sentiment
56 81 46 51
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
45 42 65 59
Growth
43 42 89 57
Safety Safety
53 47 48 51
Combined
41 29 86 64
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
27 22 25 26
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
34 51 67 45
Price vs. Book (P/B)
44 46 61 58
Dividend Yield
65 73 86 79
Value
45 42 65 59
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
26 11 78 58
Profit Growth
46 41 64 30
Capital Growth
34 65 73 52
Stock Returns
97 68 61 59
Growth
43 42 89 57
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
54 82 74 80
Refinancing
15 1 3 1
Liquidity
79 77 67 64
Safety Safety
53 47 48 51

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