GFTU vs. DPLM, RS1, SHI, BRCK, LORD, FLO, BMTO, BMT, SLNG, and FERG
Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), SIG (SHI), Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Grafton Group had 1 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Grafton Group and 1 mentions for Diploma. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Grafton Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.9% of Grafton Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Grafton Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Diploma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Grafton Group has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 6.41%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.39% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.
Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Grafton Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diploma pays out 6,705.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Grafton Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,146.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.47%. Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 3,950, indicating a potential downside of 3.47%. Given Grafton Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Grafton Group is more favorable than Diploma.
Grafton Group received 67 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.95% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Grafton Group and Diploma tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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