GNS vs. HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, SMWH, CAR, PRP, AUK, BAY, and STG
Should you be buying Genus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genus include Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Bay Capital (BAY), and Strip Tinning (STG). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Genus vs.
Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Genus (LON:GNS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Genus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Genus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Howden Joinery Group received 316 more outperform votes than Genus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.37% of users gave Howden Joinery Group an outperform vote while only 70.54% of users gave Genus an outperform vote.
Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Genus pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genus pays out 265.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Howden Joinery Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 3 more articles in the media than Genus. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Genus. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Genus' score of 0.67 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Howden Joinery Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 951.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Genus has a consensus price target of GBX 2,150, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Genus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genus is more favorable than Howden Joinery Group.
Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genus has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Genus' net margin of 1.18%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Genus' return on equity.
Howden Joinery Group has higher revenue and earnings than Genus. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Genus on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GNS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
