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Kerry Group (KYGA) Competitors

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GBX 96.45 +4.45 (+4.84%)
As of 03/28/2025 12:41 PM Eastern

KYGA vs. CPG, DPLM, DPH, HWDN, IGG, CTY, SMWH, GNS, CAR, and PRP

Should you be buying Kerry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kerry Group include Compass Group (CPG), Diploma (DPLM), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Genus (GNS), Carclo (CAR), and Prime People (PRP). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Kerry Group vs.

Compass Group (LON:CPG) and Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 123.4%. Compass Group pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Compass Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,690, suggesting a potential upside of 4.83%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Compass Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Compass Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Kerry Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Compass Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kerry Group has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Compass Group's net margin of 4.27%. Compass Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Compass Group4.27% 22.69% 7.52%
Kerry Group 8.50%10.15%4.77%

Compass Group received 391 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 60.15% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Compass GroupOutperform Votes
557
60.15%
Underperform Votes
369
39.85%
Kerry GroupOutperform Votes
166
63.60%
Underperform Votes
95
36.40%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Compass Group£31.57B1.38£1.35B£79.5232.27
Kerry Group£736.58B0.02£62.65B£3.7825.51

76.3% of Compass Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Compass Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by company 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, Compass Group had 1 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Compass Group and 1 mentions for Kerry Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Compass Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Compass Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kerry Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Compass Group beats Kerry Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KYGA vs. The Competition

MetricKerry GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£15.99B£2.06B£6.58B£2.61B
Dividend Yield1.20%2.63%3.16%4.82%
P/E Ratio25.5110.7110.99141.21
Price / Sales0.0245.0777.89284,066.48
Price / Cash0.19123.14147.7728.14
Price / Book0.033.062.874.64
Net Income£62.65B£2.63B£1.01B£5.83B
7 Day Performance0.05%0.13%1.20%1.44%
1 Month Performance-3.55%2.74%1.26%7.39%
1 Year Performance19.74%4.45%47.60%112.59%

Kerry Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 96.45
+4.8%
N/A+19.7%£15.99B£736.58B25.5121,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CPG
Compass Group
1.4902 of 5 stars
GBX 2,467
+1.3%
GBX 2,690
+9.0%
+10.5%£41.85B£31.57B31.02550,000Dividend Increase
DPLM
Diploma
1.9443 of 5 stars
GBX 3,968
-0.4%
GBX 4,567.50
+15.1%
+4.9%£5.29B£1.25B45.613,500Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Positive News
DPH
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40B£761.50M-15,464.002,457
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
3.6555 of 5 stars
GBX 744.50
+0.3%
GBX 968.80
+30.1%
-18.7%£4.06B£2.34B15.9612,000Insider Trade
News Coverage
IGG
IG Group
2.5035 of 5 stars
GBX 959
+0.5%
GBX 1,082.50
+12.9%
+30.7%£3.40B£913.00M6.402,754
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 456
+0.4%
N/A+12.1%£2.25B£307.08M7.68N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
SMWH
WH Smith
2.1302 of 5 stars
GBX 1,080
+1.6%
GBX 1,456.67
+34.9%
-20.7%£1.39B£1.83B22.2814,935Dividend Increase
News Coverage
GNS
Genus
1.4202 of 5 stars
GBX 1,942
-0.1%
GBX 2,150
+10.7%
+7.1%£1.27B£666.67M160.97480
CAR
Carclo
N/AGBX 24.60
+3.8%
N/A+207.4%£18.06M£132.66M-5.471,059News Coverage
PRP
Prime People
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.15M£19.72M10.9813,100Gap Down
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This page (LON:KYGA) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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