GFTU vs. RS1, DPLM, BBY, QQ, SRP, DATA, RHIM, WIZZ, MTO, and TPK
Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include RS Group (RS1), Diploma (DPLM), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Serco Group (SRP), GlobalData (DATA), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Wizz Air (WIZZ), Mitie Group (MTO), and Travis Perkins (TPK). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) and RS Group (LON:RS1) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Grafton Group received 336 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.38% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.
Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. RS Group pays out 4,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RS Group has a net margin of 7.93% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 6.41%. RS Group's return on equity of 17.57% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.
RS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grafton Group. Grafton Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grafton Group has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RS Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Grafton Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 20.80%. RS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,013, indicating a potential upside of 38.29%. Given RS Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RS Group is more favorable than Grafton Group.
75.3% of Grafton Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of RS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Grafton Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of RS Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, RS Group had 12 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RS Group and 1 mentions for Grafton Group. Grafton Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat RS Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Grafton Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
RS Group beats Grafton Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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