DPLM vs. HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, SMWH, GNS, KYGA, CAR, PRP, and STG
Should you be buying Diploma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diploma include Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Genus (GNS), Kerry Group (KYGA), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), and Strip Tinning (STG). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Howden Joinery Group received 386 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.42% of users gave Howden Joinery Group an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.
Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 4,565.2% 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 6,627.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Howden Joinery Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Howden Joinery Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.4% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diploma shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 27.75% beat Diploma's return on equity.
Howden Joinery Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 904.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.92%. Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 4,416.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. Given Diploma's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than Howden Joinery Group.
In the previous week, Diploma had 2 more articles in the media than Howden Joinery Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for Howden Joinery Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Diploma's score of 0.34 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Diploma on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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