KGF vs. BDEV, HWDN, SMDS, ENT, PSN, TW, VTY, MKS, BKG, and WTB
Should you be buying Kingfisher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingfisher include Barratt Developments (BDEV), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DS Smith (SMDS), Entain (ENT), Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Vistry Group (VTY), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), The Berkeley Group (BKG), and Whitbread (WTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Kingfisher (LON:KGF) and Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Barratt Developments has a net margin of 4.98% compared to Kingfisher's net margin of 2.66%. Kingfisher's return on equity of 5.20% beat Barratt Developments' return on equity.
In the previous week, Kingfisher had 1 more articles in the media than Barratt Developments. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kingfisher and 3 mentions for Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Kingfisher's score of 0.24 indicating that Barratt Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kingfisher presently has a consensus target price of GBX 250, suggesting a potential downside of 5.80%. Barratt Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 509.29, suggesting a potential upside of 0.41%. Given Barratt Developments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Barratt Developments is more favorable than Kingfisher.
Kingfisher has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barratt Developments has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barratt Developments received 245 more outperform votes than Kingfisher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.31% of users gave Barratt Developments an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.
Kingfisher has higher revenue and earnings than Barratt Developments. Kingfisher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barratt Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Kingfisher pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barratt Developments pays out 12,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
84.5% of Kingfisher shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Kingfisher shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Barratt Developments 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.
Summary
Barratt Developments beats Kingfisher on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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