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Bunzl (BNZL) Competitors

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GBX 2,300 -40.00 (-1.71%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

BNZL vs. KITW, BSD, TSCO, IMB, CCH, KYGA, ABF, SBRY, BVIC, and GLB

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), Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Associated British Foods (ABF), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Britvic (BVIC), and Glanbia (GLB). 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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

67.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bunzl shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Kitwave Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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£11.23B0.67£471.99M£144.6615.90
Kitwave Group£679.23M0.29£19.24M£24.0810.17

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%

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

Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Kitwave Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Bunzl pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kitwave Group pays out 45.7% 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. Kitwave Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Kitwave Group had 1 more articles in the media than Bunzl. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kitwave Group and 0 mentions for Bunzl. Bunzl's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kitwave Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Bunzl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bunzl Positive
Kitwave Group Positive

Bunzl presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,433.33, indicating a potential upside of 49.28%. Kitwave Group has a consensus price target of GBX 457.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.73%. 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
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Kitwave Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Bunzl and Kitwave Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BNZL vs. The Competition

MetricBunzlFood Distribution IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.52B£1.40B£6.90B£3.00B
Dividend Yield2.04%8.28%3.16%5.02%
P/E Ratio15.9016.4913.14150.83
Price / Sales0.6713.9596.92314,599.95
Price / Cash9.7311.75144.7427.97
Price / Book2.741.424.264.58
Net Income£471.99M£52.61M£999.43M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.71%-0.24%-0.42%11.51%
1 Month Performance0.70%4.30%-0.79%8.27%
1 Year Performance-27.85%1.08%67.48%32.75%

Bunzl Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNZL
Bunzl
3.0819 of 5 stars
GBX 2,300
-1.7%
GBX 3,433.33
+49.3%
-27.9%£7.52B£11.23B15.9024,528Positive News
KITW
Kitwave Group
3.8286 of 5 stars
GBX 248
+4.2%
GBX 457.50
+84.5%
-30.0%£198.79M£679.23M10.30600
BSD
B.S.D Crown
N/AN/AN/AN/A£36.22MN/A25.45184Gap Down
TSCO
Tesco
1.2194 of 5 stars
GBX 404.10
-0.2%
GBX 400
-1.0%
+26.4%£26.97B£66.34B21.1549,000
IMB
Imperial Brands
1.1793 of 5 stars
GBX 2,850
+0.0%
N/A+39.8%£23.93B£17.31B12.0725,200News Coverage
Dividend Increase
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.0365 of 5 stars
GBX 4,006
-0.6%
GBX 3,800
-5.1%
+44.0%£17.34B£12.23B27.6932,700
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 91.59
-0.8%
N/A+13.8%£15.18B£736.58B24.2221,000
ABF
Associated British Foods
1.4945 of 5 stars
GBX 2,049
-1.4%
GBX 2,245
+9.6%
-18.2%£14.77B£19.45B10.44133,000
SBRY
J Sainsbury
1.6682 of 5 stars
GBX 285
+0.4%
GBX 305
+7.0%
+5.4%£6.58B£32.63B48.07152,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AGBX 1,315
+∞
N/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
GLB
Glanbia
N/AGBX 12.74
-1.3%
N/A-32.9%£3.24B£162.12B25.285,534

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This page (LON:BNZL) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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