KGH vs. DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, SFT, WATR, INSE, and GRA
Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), Water Intelligence (WATR), Inspired (INSE), and Grafenia (GRA). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Knights Group vs.
DWF Group (LON:DWF) and Knights Group (LON:KGH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
36.2% of DWF Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Knights Group shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of DWF Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Knights Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, DWF Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Knights Group's score of 0.00 indicating that DWF Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 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. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Given DWF Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DWF Group is more favorable than Knights Group.
Summary
DWF Group beats Knights Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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