RR vs. KNOS, SOI, MTW, CARR, ATS, NVT, VEND, DCI, TRT, and GRC
Should you be buying Rolls-Royce Holdings plc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc include Kainos Group (KNOS), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Carr's Group (CARR), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Ventus VCT D (VEND), DCI Advisors (DCI), Transense Technologies (TRT), and GRC International Group (GRC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc vs.
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
44.7% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Kainos Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,052.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.52%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a consensus target price of GBX 692.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.37%. Given Kainos Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Kainos Group received 234 more outperform votes than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.91% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Rolls-Royce Holdings plc an outperform vote.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc had 3 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 3 mentions for Kainos Group. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.35 indicating that Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has higher revenue and earnings than Kainos Group. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc beats Kainos Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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