KGH vs. DWF, RST, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, SFT, WATR, and INSE
Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), Water Intelligence (WATR), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Knights Group vs.
Knights Group (LON:KGH) and DWF Group (LON:DWF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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.
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.
Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Given DWF Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DWF Group is more favorable than Knights Group.
In the previous week, Knights Group had 7 more articles in the media than DWF Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Knights Group and 0 mentions for DWF Group. Knights Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat DWF Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Knights Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
DWF Group received 16 more outperform votes than Knights Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.09% of users gave DWF Group an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Knights Group an outperform vote.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Knights Group beats DWF Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
