KLR vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, HILS, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, PTSG, COST, and SFR
Should you be buying Keller Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keller Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Costain Group (COST), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Keller Group vs.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Keller Group (LON:KLR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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. Keller Group pays out 2,823.5% 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 beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock International Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 616.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.48%. Keller Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,750, indicating a potential upside of 27.55%. Given Keller Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Keller Group is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Babcock International Group received 573 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Keller Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Keller Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Keller Group. Keller 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.
In the previous week, Keller Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Keller Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Keller Group has a net margin of 4.21% compared to Babcock International Group's net margin of 3.77%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 43.29% beat Keller Group's return on equity.
Summary
Keller Group beats Babcock International Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KLR) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
