Genus (GNS) Competitors

Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Genus (LON:GNS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWDN or GNS?

Howden Joinery Group received 316 more outperform votes than Genus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.42% of users gave Howden Joinery Group an outperform vote while only 70.62% of users gave Genus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howden Joinery Group	Outperform Votes 667 72.42%	Underperform Votes 254 27.58%
Genus	Outperform Votes 351 70.62%	Underperform Votes 146 29.38%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HWDN or GNS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howden Joinery Group	£2.35B	1.99	£254.40M	£0.46	1,853.26
Genus	£668.80M	2.06	£7.90M	£0.12	17,500.00

Which has more risk and volatility, HWDN or GNS?

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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HWDN or GNS?

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HWDN or GNS more profitable?

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 27.75% beat Genus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howden Joinery Group	10.82%	27.75%	10.70%
Genus	1.18%	0.43%	3.31%

Do analysts recommend HWDN or GNS?

Howden Joinery Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 915.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Genus has a consensus price target of GBX 2,150, suggesting a potential upside of 2.38%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Genus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howden Joinery Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Genus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to HWDN or GNS?

In the previous week, Genus' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Howden Joinery Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Genus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Howden Joinery Group	Neutral
Genus	Positive

Is HWDN or GNS a better dividend stock?

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 1.5%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 4,565.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genus pays out 26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Howden Joinery Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Genus on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.