Diploma (DPLM) Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer DPLM or KYGA?

Diploma currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,567.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.78%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DPLM or KYGA a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 120.1%. Diploma pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or KYGA?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DPLM or KYGA?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diploma	£1.25B	3.97	£115.40M	£87.00	42.76
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	26.21

Does the media refer more to DPLM or KYGA?

In the previous week, Diploma had 3 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diploma and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Diploma's score of 0.38 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	Neutral
Kerry Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DPLM or KYGA?

Diploma received 116 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.71%	Underperform Votes 175 38.29%
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%

Is DPLM or KYGA more profitable?

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of 8.50%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.18% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.18%	8.32%
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DPLM or KYGA?

81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held 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.

Summary

Diploma beats Kerry Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.