BNZL vs. KITW, BSD, CCEP, RKT, TSCO, IMB, KYGA, CCH, ABF, and SBRY
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), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Kerry Group (KYGA), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Associated British Foods (ABF), and J Sainsbury (SBRY). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Bunzl received 475 more outperform votes than Kitwave Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kitwave Group an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Bunzl an outperform vote.
Kitwave Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kitwave Group pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bunzl pays out 48.4% 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.
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.
Kitwave Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 495, suggesting a potential upside of 71.58%. Bunzl has a consensus target price of GBX 3,375, suggesting a potential upside of 0.27%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kitwave Group is more favorable than Bunzl.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bunzl shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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 0.58 beat Kitwave Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bunzl is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bunzl beats Kitwave Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
