MGNS vs. KLR, RNWH, HILS, KIE, BBY, GFRD, BAB, GEN, GEC, and FGP
Should you be buying Morgan Sindall Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Sindall Group include Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Hill & Smith (HILS), Kier Group (KIE), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Galliford Try (GFRD), Babcock International Group (BAB), Genuit Group (GEN), General Electric (GEC), and FirstGroup (FGP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) and Keller Group (LON:KLR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 114 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 4,541.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Keller Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Morgan Sindall Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,000, suggesting a potential upside of 20.97%. Keller Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,500, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Keller Group.
Morgan Sindall Group received 94 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.26% of users gave Morgan Sindall Group an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Morgan Sindall Group has higher revenue and earnings than Keller Group. Morgan Sindall Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keller Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group and Morgan Sindall Group both had 4 articles in the media. Keller Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Keller Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.6% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Keller Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Keller Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Keller Group has a net margin of 3.01% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 2.86%. Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity of 22.12% beat Keller Group's return on equity.
Summary
Morgan Sindall Group beats Keller Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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