Diploma (DPLM) Competitors

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in KYGA or DPLM?

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diploma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, KYGA or DPLM?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% 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.

Do analysts prefer KYGA or DPLM?

Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 4,760, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma 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
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor KYGA or DPLM?

In the previous week, Diploma had 9 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Diploma and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group	Neutral
Diploma	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KYGA or DPLM?

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Kerry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, 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	25.71
Diploma	£1.25B	5.21	£115.40M	£87.00	56.02

Is KYGA or DPLM more profitable?

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of 8.50%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.18% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%
Diploma	9.25%	13.18%	8.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KYGA or DPLM?

Diploma received 116 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.71%	Underperform Votes 175 38.29%

Is KYGA or DPLM a better dividend stock?

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 122.4%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Diploma pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Diploma beats Kerry Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.