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Bunzl (BNZL) Competitors

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GBX 2,438 +26.00 (+1.08%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

BNZL vs. KITW, BSD, CCEP, TSCO, IMB, ABF, CCH, SBRY, BVIC, and CWK

Should you be buying Bunzl stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunzl include Kitwave Group (KITW), B.S.D Crown (BSD), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Associated British Foods (ABF), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Britvic (BVIC), and Cranswick (CWK). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Bunzl vs. Its Competitors

Bunzl (LON:BNZL) and Kitwave Group (LON:KITW) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Kitwave Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Bunzl pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kitwave Group pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Bunzl presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,728, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Kitwave Group has a consensus price target of GBX 457.50, suggesting a potential upside of 109.86%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kitwave Group is more favorable than Bunzl.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bunzl
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Kitwave Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Bunzl has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kitwave Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Bunzl had 6 more articles in the media than Kitwave Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bunzl and 1 mentions for Kitwave Group. Bunzl's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kitwave Group's score of -1.04 indicating that Bunzl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bunzl
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kitwave Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Bunzl has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Kitwave Group's net margin of 2.83%. Kitwave Group's return on equity of 20.87% beat Bunzl's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bunzl4.20% 16.82% 5.80%
Kitwave Group 2.83%20.87%7.23%

77.2% of Bunzl shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Kitwave Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Bunzl shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Kitwave Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bunzl has higher revenue and earnings than Kitwave Group. Kitwave Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bunzl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bunzl£11.82B0.67£471.99M£1.451,676.75
Kitwave Group£742.90M0.25£19.24M£0.211,053.14

Summary

Bunzl beats Kitwave Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BNZL vs. The Competition

MetricBunzlFood Distribution IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.88B£1.45B£7.52B£2.55B
Dividend Yield3.09%8.53%3.24%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,676.75235.251,076.713,952.60
Price / Sales0.6713.451,011,604.8699,406.89
Price / Cash9.7311.75144.7427.90
Price / Book2.911.289.048.11
Net Income£471.99M£52.61M£1.01B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.21%-4.96%0.73%-0.66%
1 Month Performance0.74%-7.36%-1.63%0.71%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-7.66%177.67%129.78%

Bunzl Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNZL
Bunzl
1.742 of 5 stars
GBX 2,438
+1.1%
GBX 2,728
+11.9%
N/A£7.88B£11.82B1,676.7524,528Analyst Forecast
KITW
Kitwave Group
2.1122 of 5 stars
GBX 229.75
+0.3%
GBX 457.50
+99.1%
-34.5%£192.39M£742.90M1,109.90600
BSD
B.S.D Crown
N/AN/AN/AN/A£36.22MN/A25.45184Gap Down
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
1.7404 of 5 stars
GBX 6,500
-0.2%
GBX 8,130
+25.1%
+9,185.7%£29.47B£20.88B1,946.1127,600
TSCO
Tesco
1.7254 of 5 stars
GBX 433.10
-3.6%
GBX 468.33
+8.1%
+22.2%£28.03B£71.18B1,907.9349,000
IMB
Imperial Brands
3.2145 of 5 stars
GBX 3,059
+1.8%
N/A+30.2%£24.67B£31.95B1,021.0325,200
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.773 of 5 stars
GBX 2,099
-0.1%
GBX 2,150
+2.4%
-4.6%£14.93B£19.85B1,183.87133,000Positive News
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
3.2075 of 5 stars
GBX 3,312
-0.5%
GBX 4,104.50
+23.9%
N/A£12.04B£11.20B1,319.5232,700
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.2315 of 5 stars
GBX 323.40
-3.3%
GBX 305
-5.7%
+20.9%£7.28B£32.81B3,170.59152,000
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
CWK
Cranswick
0.8156 of 5 stars
GBX 4,915
+0.2%
GBX 5,370
+9.3%
-3.3%£2.63B£2.72B1,997.1652,000

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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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