KIE vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Kier Group vs.
Kier Group (LON:KIE) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Babcock International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kier Group. Kier Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kier Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 40.81%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 616.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.38%. Given Kier Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. Babcock International Group pays out 1,562.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Babcock International Group has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 1.09%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 43.29% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kier Group had 1 more articles in the media than Babcock International Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kier Group and 0 mentions for Babcock International Group. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kier Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Babcock International Group received 269 more outperform votes than Kier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.35% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 76.00% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote.
92.3% of Kier Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Kier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kier Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Kier Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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