Head-To-Head Analysis: Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF) & Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB)

Morgan Advanced Materials (OTCMKTS:MCRUF) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Morgan Advanced Materials and Trimble, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morgan Advanced Materials	0	2	0	0	2.00
Trimble	0	2	8	1	2.91

Trimble has a consensus price target of $96.78, indicating a potential upside of 35.94%. Given Trimble’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trimble is more favorable than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Morgan Advanced Materials and Trimble’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morgan Advanced Materials	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trimble	9.93%	10.73%	6.65%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Morgan Advanced Materials and Trimble”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Advanced Materials	$1.41 billion	N/A	$64.28 million	N/A	N/A
Trimble	$3.68 billion	4.60	$1.50 billion	$1.46	48.76

Trimble has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Advanced Materials.

Volatility and Risk

Morgan Advanced Materials has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Trimble beats Morgan Advanced Materials on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Morgan Advanced Materials

Morgan Advanced Materials plc operates as a materials science and application engineering company primarily the United Kingdom. It serves customers in the industrial, transportation, petrochemical and chemical, energy, semiconductor and electronics, healthcare, and security and defense markets. The company was formerly known as The Morgan Crucible Company plc and changed its name to Morgan Advanced Materials plc in March 2013. Morgan Advanced Materials plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

About Trimble

Trimble Inc. provides technology solutions that enable professionals and field mobile workers to enhance or transform their work processes worldwide. The company's Buildings and Infrastructure segment offers field and office software for project design and visualization; systems to guide and control construction equipment; software for 3D design and data sharing; systems to monitor, track, and manage assets, equipment, and workers; software to share and communicate data; program management solutions for construction owners; 3D conceptual design and modeling software; building information modeling software; enterprise resource planning, project management, and project collaboration solutions; integrated site layout and measurement systems; cost estimating, scheduling, and project controls solutions; and applications for sub-contractors and trades. Its Geospatial segment provides surveying and geospatial products, and geographic information systems. The company's Resources and Utilities segment offers precision agriculture products and services, such as guidance and positioning systems, including autonomous steering systems, automated and variable-rate application and technology systems, and information management solutions; manual and automated navigation guidance for tractors and other farm equipment; solutions to automate application of pesticide and seeding; water solutions; and agricultural software. Its Transportation segment offers solutions for long haul trucking and freight shipper markets; mobility solutions comprising route management, safety and compliance, end-to-end vehicle management, video intelligence, and supply chain communications; and fleet and transportation management systems, analytics, routing, mapping, reporting, and predictive modeling solutions. The company was formerly known as Trimble Navigation Limited and changed its name to Trimble Inc. in October 2016. Trimble Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.