CPG vs. DPLM, HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, GNS, SMWH, KYGA, CAR, and PRP
Should you be buying Compass Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Group include Diploma (DPLM), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Carclo (CAR), and Prime People (PRP). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Compass Group vs. Its Competitors
Compass Group (LON:CPG) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Compass Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,870, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Diploma has a consensus target price of GBX 5,238, indicating a potential downside of 3.54%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Compass Group is more favorable than Diploma.
Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Compass Group's net margin of 4.27%. Compass Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Diploma's return on equity.
Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Compass Group pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diploma pays out 47.7% 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.
Compass Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.2% of Compass Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Compass Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Diploma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Compass Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Compass Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Diploma had 1 more articles in the media than Compass Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Diploma and 0 mentions for Compass Group. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Compass Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diploma beats Compass Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CPG) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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