Grafton Group (GFTU) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or GFTU?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grafton Group has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DPLM or GFTU?

Diploma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,416.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. Grafton Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,180, suggesting a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Grafton Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grafton Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Grafton Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DPLM or GFTU?

Grafton Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Grafton 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	£1.26B	4.41	£116.10M	£0.86	4,816.28
Grafton Group	£2.27B	0.83	£131.28M	£0.83	1,144.58

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DPLM or GFTU?

81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Grafton Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Grafton Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DPLM or GFTU?

Grafton Group received 67 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.89% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 281 61.89%	Underperform Votes 173 38.11%
Grafton Group	Outperform Votes 348 57.52%	Underperform Votes 257 42.48%

Is DPLM or GFTU a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Diploma pays out 6,627.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group pays out 4,457.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor DPLM or GFTU?

In the previous week, Diploma had 10 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for Grafton Group. Grafton Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Diploma's score of 0.53 indicating that Grafton Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Grafton Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DPLM or GFTU more profitable?

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 5.79%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.39% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%
Grafton Group	5.79%	8.03%	3.60%

Summary

Grafton Group beats Diploma on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.