CMO Group (CMO) Competitors

Kingfisher (LON:KGF) and CMO Group (LON:CMO) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is KGF or CMO more profitable?

Kingfisher has a net margin of 2.68% compared to CMO Group's net margin of -3.79%. Kingfisher's return on equity of 5.24% beat CMO Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingfisher	2.68%	5.24%	3.55%
CMO Group	-3.79%	-14.99%	-3.98%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KGF or CMO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingfisher	£12.86B	0.45	£345M	£0.18	1,750.56
CMO Group	£64.95M	0.16	-£2.46M	-£0.03	-483.33

Do analysts rate KGF or CMO?

Kingfisher presently has a consensus price target of GBX 273.75, suggesting a potential downside of 13.12%. Given Kingfisher's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than CMO Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingfisher	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
CMO Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KGF or CMO?

Kingfisher received 866 more outperform votes than CMO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CMO Group an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kingfisher	Outperform Votes 867 56.67%	Underperform Votes 663 43.33%
CMO Group	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KGF or CMO?

80.6% of Kingfisher shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of CMO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Kingfisher shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of CMO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer KGF or CMO?

In the previous week, Kingfisher had 3 more articles in the media than CMO Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kingfisher and 0 mentions for CMO Group. Kingfisher's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat CMO Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kingfisher	Neutral
CMO Group	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, KGF or CMO?

Kingfisher has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMO Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kingfisher beats CMO Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.