GNS vs. HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, SMWH, CAR, PRP, AUK, STG, and BAY
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), Strip Tinning (STG), and Bay Capital (BAY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Genus vs. Its Competitors
Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Genus (LON:GNS) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
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.
70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Genus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Genus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Genus had 4 more articles in the media than Howden Joinery Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Genus and 1 mentions for Howden Joinery Group. Genus' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Howden Joinery Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Genus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Howden Joinery Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 963, indicating a potential upside of 17.75%. Genus has a consensus price target of GBX 2,650, indicating a potential upside of 9.28%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Genus.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Genus pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Genus on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GNS) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
