GFTU vs. DPLM, RS1, SHI, BRCK, LORD, FLO, BMTO, BMT, SLNG, and FERG
Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), SIG (SHI), Brickability Group (BRCK), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Diploma (LON:DPLM) and Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Grafton Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Grafton Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Diploma's net margin of 6.41%. Grafton Group's return on equity of 13.39% beat Diploma's return on equity.
Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diploma pays out 6,627.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Grafton Group received 67 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.95% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote.
78.7% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Grafton Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Grafton Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Diploma had 1 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for Grafton Group. Grafton Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Diploma's score of -0.46 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diploma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,950, indicating a potential downside of 3.99%. Grafton Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,146.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.24%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grafton Group is more favorable than Diploma.
Diploma has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grafton Group has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diploma beats Grafton Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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