BNZL vs. KITW, BSD, TSCO, IMB, CCH, KYGA, ABF, SBRY, BVIC, and GLB
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), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Associated British Foods (ABF), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Britvic (BVIC), and Glanbia (GLB). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Bunzl vs. Its Competitors
Bunzl (LON:BNZL) and Kitwave Group (LON:KITW) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
67.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bunzl presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,433.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.41%. Kitwave Group has a consensus target price of GBX 457.50, suggesting a potential upside of 84.48%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kitwave Group is more favorable than Bunzl.
Bunzl has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kitwave Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 0.00 equaled Kitwave Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Kitwave Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Bunzl pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kitwave Group pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kitwave Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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 20.87% beat Bunzl's return on equity.
Summary
Bunzl beats Kitwave Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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