MGNS vs. KLR, RNWH, HILS, KIE, BBY, BAB, GEN, FGP, GEC, and CHG
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), Babcock International Group (BAB), Genuit Group (GEN), FirstGroup (FGP), General Electric (GEC), and Chemring Group (CHG). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
59.9% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Keller Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Keller Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group and Morgan Sindall Group both had 2 articles in the media. Morgan Sindall Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Keller Group's score of -0.06 indicating that Morgan Sindall Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 114 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 4,560.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Keller Group pays out 3,719.0% 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,000, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Keller Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,300, indicating a potential upside of 17.12%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Keller Group.
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.
Morgan Sindall Group received 95 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 62.89% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Morgan Sindall Group beats Keller Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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