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Bunzl (BNZL) Competitors

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GBX 3,412.50 +12.50 (+0.37%)
(As of 05:42 AM ET)

BNZL vs. KITW, BSD, RKT, CCEP, TSCO, IMB, ABF, CCH, SBRY, and BME

Should you be buying Bunzl stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunzl include Kitwave Group (KITW), B.S.D Crown (BSD), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), J Sainsbury (SBRY), and B&M European Value Retail (BME). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Bunzl vs.

Kitwave Group (LON:KITW) and Bunzl (LON:BNZL) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Kitwave Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 495, indicating a potential upside of 53.09%. Bunzl has a consensus target price of GBX 3,182.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.56%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kitwave Group is more favorable than Bunzl.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kitwave Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bunzl
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Bunzl had 1 more articles in the media than Kitwave Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bunzl and 0 mentions for Kitwave Group. Bunzl's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Kitwave Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bunzl is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kitwave Group Neutral
Bunzl Positive

53.4% of Kitwave Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Bunzl shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Kitwave Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bunzl shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Bunzl received 472 more outperform votes than Kitwave Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kitwave Group an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Bunzl an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kitwave GroupOutperform Votes
11
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
BunzlOutperform Votes
483
59.93%
Underperform Votes
323
40.07%

Bunzl has higher revenue and earnings than Kitwave Group. Kitwave Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bunzl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kitwave Group£624.23M0.42£17.68M£0.241,347.25
Bunzl£11.60B0.98£487.70M£1.452,348.97

Kitwave Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kitwave Group pays out 4,583.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bunzl pays out 4,827.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kitwave Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kitwave Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunzl has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bunzl has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Kitwave Group's net margin of 2.83%. Kitwave Group's return on equity of 22.24% beat Bunzl's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kitwave Group2.83% 22.24% 7.23%
Bunzl 4.20%17.86%5.80%

Summary

Bunzl beats Kitwave Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BNZL vs. The Competition

MetricBunzlFood Distribution IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£11.38B£1.49B£5.08B£1.38B
Dividend Yield2.03%8.22%3.14%11.73%
P/E Ratio2,348.97277.94207.981,551.05
Price / Sales0.9819.97142,428.24212,243.28
Price / Cash9.7311.75128.2532.93
Price / Book4.041.443.032.81
Net Income£487.70M£44.19M£147.24M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-0.70%-1.65%-1.16%-0.34%
1 Month Performance-4.22%-4.44%32.32%7.29%
1 Year Performance16.64%9.88%69.61%91.93%

Bunzl Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNZL
Bunzl
0.7236 of 5 stars
GBX 3,412.50
+0.4%
GBX 3,182.50
-6.7%
+17.0%£11.40B£11.60B2,353.4524,528
KITW
Kitwave Group
N/AGBX 319
+0.3%
GBX 495
+55.2%
+27.2%£256.60M£624.23M1,331.25600
BSD
B.S.D Crown
N/AGBX 28
-1.8%
N/A+0.0%£36.22MN/A25.45184Gap Down
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.5895 of 5 stars
GBX 4,743
-0.4%
GBX 4,788.50
+1.0%
-10.6%£32.78B£14.33B2,194.0126,000High Trading Volume
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,040
flat
N/AN/A£27.84B£19.15B1,720.0027,600
TSCO
Tesco
0.6345 of 5 stars
GBX 347.90
-0.2%
GBX 313.33
-9.9%
+26.9%£23.69B£69.16B1,291.1149,000High Trading Volume
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.406 of 5 stars
GBX 2,510
-0.2%
GBX 2,205
-12.2%
+34.1%£21.17B£18.18B1,088.7025,200Dividend Increase
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.7636 of 5 stars
GBX 2,145
-0.5%
GBX 2,220
+3.5%
-8.0%£15.78B£19.92B1,390.97133,000
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.3174 of 5 stars
GBX 2,736
-0.1%
GBX 2,825
+3.3%
+31.2%£9.91B£10.34B1,916.0832,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.8067 of 5 stars
GBX 246.40
+0.2%
GBX 281
+14.0%
-6.7%£5.74B£32.70B4,100.00152,000
BME
B&M European Value Retail
2.3916 of 5 stars
GBX 326.30
-1.2%
GBX 579.20
+77.5%
-38.3%£3.26B£5.48B916.9439,484Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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