KIE vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, RNWH, GFRD, PTSG, COST, SFR, and CTO
Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Costain Group (COST), Severfield (SFR), and TClarke (CTO). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Kier Group vs.
Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Kier Group (LON:KIE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Balfour Beatty pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kier Group pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Kier Group. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kier Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Balfour Beatty has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 1.09%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 18.81% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
Balfour Beatty presently has a consensus target price of GBX 525, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Kier Group has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 52.17%. Given Kier Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kier Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Kier Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 5 more articles in the media than Kier Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 1 mentions for Kier Group. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.25 indicating that Kier Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Balfour Beatty received 80 more outperform votes than Kier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.35% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
Summary
Balfour Beatty beats Kier Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
