KGF vs. WIX, VIC, TPT, CMO, IHG, NXT, SKG, JD, MKS, and BKG Should you be buying Kingfisher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingfisher include Wickes Group (WIX), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Topps Tiles (TPT), CMO Group (CMO), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), JD Sports Fashion (JD), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), and The Berkeley Group (BKG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Kingfisher (LON:KGF ) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX ) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Kingfisher has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingfisher received 846 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kingfisher had 3 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kingfisher and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Kingfisher's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kingfisher currently has a consensus target price of GBX 250, indicating a potential downside of 5.34%. Given Kingfisher's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than Wickes Group.
84.5% of Kingfisher shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Kingfisher shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Kingfisher pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kingfisher has a net margin of 2.66% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 1.92%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 18.19% beat Kingfisher's return on equity.
Kingfisher has higher revenue and earnings than Wickes Group. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingfisher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary Kingfisher beats Wickes Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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