Kingfisher (KGF) Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Kingfisher (LON:KGF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is WIX or KGF a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kingfisher pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, WIX or KGF?

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingfisher has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WIX or KGF?

Kingfisher has higher revenue and earnings than Wickes Group. Kingfisher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes 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
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.29	£29.25M	£12.37	14.26
Kingfisher	£12.28B	0.35	£329.55M	£18.77	12.86

Is WIX or KGF more profitable?

Kingfisher has a net margin of 2.68% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Kingfisher's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%
Kingfisher	2.68%	5.23%	3.55%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WIX or KGF?

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Kingfisher shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Kingfisher shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WIX or KGF?

Kingfisher received 845 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.65% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wickes Group	Outperform Votes 22 95.65%	Underperform Votes 1 4.35%
Kingfisher	Outperform Votes 867 56.67%	Underperform Votes 663 43.33%

Do analysts prefer WIX or KGF?

Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 189, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Kingfisher has a consensus target price of GBX 301.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.01%. Given Kingfisher's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kingfisher	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to WIX or KGF?

In the previous week, Wickes Group had 2 more articles in the media than Kingfisher. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Wickes Group and 14 mentions for Kingfisher. Kingfisher's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kingfisher	2 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kingfisher beats Wickes Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.