Kerry Group (KYGA) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CPG or KYGA?

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 1.40 beat Compass Group's score of -0.32 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is CPG or KYGA a better dividend stock?

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 127.7%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CPG or KYGA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Compass Group	£31.57B	1.35	£1.35B	£79.52	31.66
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	24.65

Which has more risk and volatility, CPG or KYGA?

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

Is CPG or KYGA more profitable?

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 Group	4.27%	22.69%	7.52%
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%

Do analysts rate CPG or KYGA?

Compass Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,692, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPG or KYGA?

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 60.09% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compass Group	Outperform Votes 557 60.09%	Underperform Votes 370 39.91%
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%

Summary

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