Kerry Group (KYGA) Competitors

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Carclo (LON:CAR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KYGA or CAR?

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Carclo shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of Carclo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, KYGA or CAR?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carclo has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KYGA or CAR?

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carclo. Carclo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kerry Group	£7.78B	0.02	£661.60M	£3.74	25.16
Carclo	£132.67M	0.18	-£3.30M	-£0.04	-800.00

Is KYGA or CAR more profitable?

Kerry Group has a net margin of 8.51% compared to Carclo's net margin of -2.49%. Kerry Group's return on equity of 10.28% beat Carclo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	8.51%	10.28%	4.77%
Carclo	-2.49%	-43.22%	2.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KYGA or CAR?

Carclo received 133 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave Carclo an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%
Carclo	Outperform Votes 299 69.86%	Underperform Votes 129 30.14%

Does the media refer more to KYGA or CAR?

In the previous week, Carclo had 1 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Carclo and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Carclo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group	Neutral
Carclo	Neutral

Do analysts recommend KYGA or CAR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Carclo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is KYGA or CAR a better dividend stock?

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 126.5%. Carclo pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Kerry Group pays out 3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carclo pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Kerry Group beats Carclo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.