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Knights Group (KGH) Competitors

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GBX 136.50 +0.50 (+0.37%)
As of 03/28/2025 12:41 PM Eastern

KGH vs. DWF, RST, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, SFT, INSE, and WATR

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), Inspired (INSE), and Water Intelligence (WATR). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Knights Group has a net margin of 6.82% 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 Group6.82% 10.03% 4.91%
DWF Group 2.76%19.89%5.74%

45.8% of Knights Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of DWF Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Knights Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of DWF Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Knights Group had 1 more articles in the media than DWF Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Knights Group and 0 mentions for DWF Group. Knights Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled DWF Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Knights Group Neutral
DWF Group Neutral

Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. DWF Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Knights Group pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Knights GroupOutperform Votes
39
65.00%
Underperform Votes
21
35.00%
DWF GroupOutperform Votes
55
82.09%
Underperform Votes
12
17.91%

Given DWF Group's higher probable 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)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knights Group£143.94M0.81£9.81M£11.5111.86
DWF Group£451.64M0.00£12.45M£0.04N/A

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

Summary

Knights Group and DWF Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KGH vs. The Competition

MetricKnights GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£116.73M£6.20B£6.87B£2.61B
Dividend Yield4.99%4.93%3.53%4.82%
P/E Ratio11.8628.9020.74141.38
Price / Sales0.81126.0575.49283,159.35
Price / Cash21.5040.5426.8728.02
Price / Book1.176.443.704.62
Net Income£9.81M£144.67M£795.56M£5.81B
7 Day Performance-3.87%0.69%-0.75%1.42%
1 Month Performance0.37%-0.95%-1.13%7.35%
1 Year Performance6.64%77.41%18.22%112.38%

Knights Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 136.50
+0.4%
N/A+6.6%£116.73M£143.94M11.861,353News Coverage
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RST
Restore
3.3291 of 5 stars
GBX 238
+3.0%
GBX 390
+63.9%
+6.5%£319.58M£272.77M83.732,700News Coverage
Positive News
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 144.82
-0.1%
N/A-21.3%£279.92M£120.55M36.36715Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
CPI
Capita
3.2351 of 5 stars
GBX 14.16
+1.8%
GBX 1,117.50
+7,793.6%
+4.8%£239.18M£2.48B-5.8643,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 119
+0.8%
N/A+49.7%£230.39M£307.43M-11.481,841News Coverage
Gap Down
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 529.10
-0.7%
N/A-14.0%£168.88M£94.56M21.4276
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
1.6121 of 5 stars
GBX 96.20
+1.3%
GBX 150
+55.9%
-6.5%£153.17M£137.32M104.811,051Dividend Cut
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 30.48
+1.6%
N/A+78.3%£118.90M£16.16M-3,048.00131Positive News
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 54.10
-1.6%
N/A-4.5%£86.37M£155.87M49.541,600
WATR
Water Intelligence
N/AGBX 351
-3.2%
N/A+6.6%£85.92M£108.13M16.17436
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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