Compass Group (CPG) Competitors

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Compass Group (LON:CPG) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is KYGA or CPG a better dividend stock?

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 123.4%. Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compass Group pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KYGA or CPG?

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Compass Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Compass 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.

Is KYGA or CPG more profitable?

Kerry Group has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Compass Group's net margin of 4.27%. Compass Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%
Compass Group	4.27%	22.69%	7.52%

Do analysts recommend KYGA or CPG?

Compass Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,765, suggesting a potential upside of 3.21%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Compass Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, KYGA or CPG?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KYGA or CPG?

Compass Group received 391 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%
Compass Group	Outperform Votes 557 60.09%	Underperform Votes 370 39.91%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KYGA or CPG?

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Group. Kerry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, 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
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	25.50
Compass Group	£31.57B	1.44	£1.35B	£79.52	33.69

Does the media prefer KYGA or CPG?

In the previous week, Compass Group had 3 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Compass Group and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Compass Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Compass Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group	Neutral
Compass Group	Neutral

Summary

Compass Group beats Kerry Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.