KIE vs. BBY, HILS, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, PTSG, GFRD, 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), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Severfield (SFR), and TClarke (CTO). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Kier Group (LON:KIE) and Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than Kier Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 1 mentions for Kier Group. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Kier Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Balfour Beatty 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, 81.29% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 65.42% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
Balfour Beatty has a net margin of 2.47% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 1.08%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 14.98% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
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.
Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kier Group pays out 3,333.3% 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 pays out 3,428.6% 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 has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kier Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 43.25%. Given Kier Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
92.9% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Kier Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Balfour Beatty beats Kier Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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