HWDN vs. KYGA, DPLM, DPH, IGG, CTY, SMWH, GNS, CAR, PRP, and AUK
Should you be buying Howden Joinery Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howden Joinery Group include Kerry Group (KYGA), Diploma (DPLM), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Genus (GNS), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Howden Joinery Group vs.
Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Howden Joinery Group has a consensus target price of GBX 981, indicating a potential upside of 35.59%. Given Howden Joinery Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.
Howden Joinery Group received 502 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.37% of users gave Howden Joinery Group an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote.
Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kerry Group had 1 more articles in the media than Howden Joinery Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kerry Group and 0 mentions for Howden Joinery Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kerry Group's score of 1.07 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 127.7%. Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% 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 pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Howden Joinery Group. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of 8.50%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Kerry Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HWDN) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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