Knights Group (KGH) Competitors

Knights Group (LON:KGH) and DWF Group (LON:DWF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in KGH or DWF?

45.8% of Knights Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of DWF Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Knights Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of DWF Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KGH or DWF a better dividend stock?

Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DWF Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Knights Group pays out 3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DWF Group pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer KGH or DWF?

In the previous week, DWF Group had 1 more articles in the media than Knights Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DWF Group and 3 mentions for Knights Group. Knights Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DWF Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Knights Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knights Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DWF Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, KGH or DWF?

Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KGH or DWF?

DWF Group received 17 more outperform votes than Knights Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.09% of users gave DWF Group an outperform vote while only 64.41% of users gave Knights Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knights Group	Outperform Votes 38 64.41%	Underperform Votes 21 35.59%
DWF Group	Outperform Votes 55 82.09%	Underperform Votes 12 17.91%

Is KGH or DWF more profitable?

Knights Group has a net margin of 6.57% compared to DWF Group's net margin of 2.76%. DWF Group's return on equity of 19.89% beat Knights Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knights Group	6.57%	10.20%	4.91%
DWF Group	2.76%	19.89%	5.74%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KGH or DWF?

DWF Group has higher revenue and earnings than Knights Group. DWF Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knights 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
Knights Group	£149.96M	0.68	£9.85M	£0.11	1,072.73
DWF Group	£451.64M	0.00	£12.45M	£0.04	N/A

Do analysts rate KGH or DWF?

Given DWF Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DWF Group is more favorable than Knights Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knights Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DWF Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

DWF Group beats Knights Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.