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Bunzl (BNZL) Competitors

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GBX 3,448
+22.00 (+0.64%)
(As of 11/4/2024 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

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£0.241,354.17
Bunzl£11.60B0.99£487.70M£1.452,377.93

Kitwave Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 40.00%. Bunzl has a consensus price target of GBX 3,182.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.70%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

53.4% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Bunzl had 2 more articles in the media than Kitwave Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bunzl and 0 mentions for Kitwave Group. Bunzl's average media sentiment score of 0.67 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

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

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 2.0%. 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.

Bunzl received 473 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
10
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
BunzlOutperform Votes
483
59.93%
Underperform Votes
323
40.07%

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£11.52B£1.51B£5.02B£1.40B
Dividend Yield2.03%8.22%3.20%11.77%
P/E Ratio2,377.93276.14200.191,584.23
Price / Sales0.9920.26133,454.63214,277.95
Price / Cash9.7311.75119.8426.96
Price / Book4.091.493.052.88
Net Income£487.70M£44.19M£143.89M£155.21M
7 Day Performance-2.05%-0.02%-0.86%0.54%
1 Month Performance-1.03%-2.44%-1.28%-0.39%
1 Year Performance18.16%12.75%36.73%103.11%

Bunzl Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNZL
Bunzl
0.8595 of 5 stars
GBX 3,448
+0.6%
GBX 3,182.50
-7.7%
+17.4%£11.52B£11.60B2,377.9324,528
KITW
Kitwave Group
N/AGBX 320.70
-0.4%
GBX 455
+41.9%
+23.2%£257.97M£624.23M1,336.25600Gap Down
BSD
B.S.D Crown
N/AGBX 28
-1.8%
N/AN/A£36.22MN/A25.45184News Coverage
Gap Down
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.9905 of 5 stars
GBX 4,621
-2.9%
GBX 4,788.50
+3.6%
-7.7%£31.94B£14.33B2,129.4926,000High Trading Volume
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,000
+0.8%
N/A+7.2%£27.66B£19.15B1,714.2927,600Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TSCO
Tesco
0.5675 of 5 stars
GBX 340.30
-2.0%
GBX 313.33
-7.9%
+26.2%£23.17B£69.16B1,260.3749,000High Trading Volume
IMB
Imperial Brands
0.4713 of 5 stars
GBX 2,296
-0.3%
GBX 2,220
-3.3%
+31.0%£19.37B£18.18B998.2625,200Dividend Increase
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.3335 of 5 stars
GBX 2,253
-1.7%
GBX 2,220
-1.5%
+7.5%£16.58B£19.92B1,453.55133,000News Coverage
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.2354 of 5 stars
GBX 2,722
+2.0%
GBX 2,825
+3.8%
+30.2%£9.86B£10.34B1,903.5032,700Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.4199 of 5 stars
GBX 263
-0.5%
GBX 281
+6.8%
-3.5%£6.13B£32.70B4,383.33152,000
BME
B&M European Value Retail
2.532 of 5 stars
GBX 391.50
-2.4%
GBX 587.67
+50.1%
-27.1%£3.92B£5.48B1,087.5039,484News Coverage

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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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