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Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

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GBX 380 -4.00 (-1.04%)
As of 02/21/2025 01:02 PM Eastern

GFRD vs. KLR, KIE, RNWH, COST, PTSG, SFR, CTO, BILN, SMJ, and HERC

Should you be buying Galliford Try stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galliford Try include Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), and Hercules Site Services (HERC). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Galliford Try vs.

Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) and Keller Group (LON:KLR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

65.1% of Galliford Try shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Keller Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Galliford Try shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Keller Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Galliford Try had 2 more articles in the media than Keller Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Galliford Try and 0 mentions for Keller Group. Keller Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Galliford Try's score of 0.75 indicating that Keller Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Galliford Try Positive
Keller Group Positive

Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Galliford Try pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keller Group pays out 27.8% 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.

Keller Group has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 32.22% beat Keller Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galliford Try2.04% 32.22% 2.22%
Keller Group 4.20%23.55%7.80%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galliford Try£1.69B0.22£34.53M£34.4611.03
Keller Group£3.01B0.33£126.69M£172.837.80

Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Galliford Try received 48 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.33% of users gave Galliford Try an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Galliford TryOutperform Votes
311
71.33%
Underperform Votes
125
28.67%
Keller GroupOutperform Votes
263
63.07%
Underperform Votes
154
36.93%

Keller Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,750, indicating a potential upside of 29.82%. Given Keller Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Keller Group is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galliford Try
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Keller Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Keller Group beats Galliford Try on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GFRD vs. The Competition

MetricGalliford TryEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£376.85M£2.10B£5.02B£2.61B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.16%3.95%5.04%
P/E Ratio11.0327.8422.86162.81
Price / Sales0.2234.05183.04309,391.95
Price / Cash0.7813.7930.0027.80
Price / Book3.232.403.785.11
Net Income£34.53M£76.87M£1.08B£5.68B
7 Day Performance-1.55%0.27%-0.07%-1.06%
1 Month Performance-1.30%0.88%2.53%-0.75%
1 Year Performance59.66%69.20%25.48%38.58%

Galliford Try Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFRD
Galliford Try
N/AGBX 380
-1.0%
N/A+59.7%£376.85M£1.69B11.033,922
KLR
Keller Group
3.5847 of 5 stars
GBX 1,358
+0.4%
GBX 1,750
+28.9%
+62.2%£989.60M£3.01B7.869,500
KIE
Kier Group
3.629 of 5 stars
GBX 155.20
+0.8%
GBX 210
+35.3%
+18.8%£668.07M£3.92B15.6310,286
RNWH
Renew
3.4763 of 5 stars
GBX 697
-1.6%
GBX 1,250
+79.3%
-17.4%£561.10M£1.10B11.664,361Dividend Increase
Gap Up
COST
Costain Group
0.8753 of 5 stars
GBX 110
+2.8%
GBX 105
-4.5%
+58.8%£294.63M£1.28B9.823,270
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 51
+2.0%
N/A-5.6%£148.93M£444.13M9.721,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 495
+1.0%
N/A+22.0%£62.27M£132.72M5.96463
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 123.25
-1.4%
N/AN/A£47.08M£21.24M28.50152
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 55
flat
N/A+50.4%£44.93M£124.25M57.71560High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:GFRD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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