Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HWDN or KYGA?

Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWDN or KYGA?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howden Joinery Group	Outperform Votes 668 72.37%	Underperform Votes 255 27.63%
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%

Is HWDN or KYGA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Howden Joinery Group	10.82%	25.70%	10.70%
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%

Does the media refer more to HWDN or KYGA?

In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 5 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Kerry Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Howden Joinery Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kerry Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HWDN or KYGA a better dividend stock?

Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 123.4%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do analysts rate HWDN or KYGA?

Howden Joinery Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 968.80, suggesting a potential upside of 31.45%. Given Howden Joinery Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howden Joinery Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HWDN or KYGA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Howden Joinery Group	£2.34B	1.72	£253.42M	£46.65	15.80
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	25.51

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HWDN or KYGA?

70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Kerry Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.