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Grafton Group (GFTU) Competitors

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GBX 913.20 -7.10 (-0.77%)
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GFTU vs. DPLM, RS1, BRCK, SHI, LORD, FLO, BMTO, BMT, SLNG, and FERG

Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Brickability Group (BRCK), SIG (SHI), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMTO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.

Grafton Group vs. Its Competitors

Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Grafton Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, indicating a potential upside of 20.46%. Diploma has a consensus target price of GBX 5,092.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Grafton Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grafton Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Grafton Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Diploma
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Grafton Group£2.21B0.81£127.90M£65.2114.00
Diploma£1.25B5.60£115.40M£87.0060.29

Grafton Group has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Diploma had 4 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Diploma and 0 mentions for Grafton Group. Grafton Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Diploma's score of 0.61 indicating that Grafton Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Grafton Group Positive
Diploma Positive

58.3% of Grafton Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Grafton Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 5.79%. Diploma's return on equity of 13.18% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Grafton Group5.79% 8.08% 3.60%
Diploma 9.25%13.18%8.32%

Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Grafton Group pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diploma pays out 65.5% 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. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Grafton Group and Diploma tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFTU vs. The Competition

MetricGrafton GroupIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.80B£4.55B£7.88B£3.02B
Dividend Yield4.01%4.76%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio14.0017.9825.56160.63
Price / Sales0.8160.49101.46278,114.25
Price / Cash2.4060.3627.9227.97
Price / Book1.162.054.464.69
Net Income£127.90M£222.68M£795.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.57%0.04%1.37%0.28%
1 Month Performance-8.88%4.10%6.68%8.61%
1 Year Performance-10.01%2.82%32.75%78.50%

Grafton Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFTU
Grafton Group
2.8362 of 5 stars
GBX 913.20
-0.8%
GBX 1,100
+20.5%
-9.3%£1.80B£2.21B14.009,000Gap Down
DPLM
Diploma
1.0208 of 5 stars
GBX 5,115
+0.9%
GBX 5,092.50
-0.4%
+23.1%£6.82B£1.25B58.793,500Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
RS1
RS Group
3.3815 of 5 stars
GBX 573.80
+1.8%
GBX 810
+41.2%
-25.8%£2.71B£2.91B14.836,500Gap Up
BRCK
Brickability Group
N/AGBX 63.63
-1.8%
N/A-9.1%£205.78M£632.36M12.66800Dividend Cut
Gap Down
SHI
SIG
1.0551 of 5 stars
GBX 14.76
+1.8%
GBX 14
-5.1%
-44.0%£176.20M£2.74B-2.777,000News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
LORD
Lords Group Trading
N/AGBX 48
-1.0%
GBX 80
+66.7%
+16.0%£76.65M£434.53M-42.71902
FLO
Flowtech Fluidpower
2.6397 of 5 stars
GBX 59.35
-1.1%
GBX 130
+119.0%
-47.5%£37.54M£111.35M-2.61582
BMTO
Braime Group
N/AGBX 1,500
flat
N/AN/A£17.24M£38.46M6.98186
BMT
Braime Group
N/AGBX 803
-13.2%
N/AN/A£15.07M£62.83M6.11186
SLNG
H C Slingsby
N/AGBX 200
flat
N/AN/A£2.21M£23.14M-14.23250
FERG
Ferguson
0.898 of 5 stars
£166
+1.2%
N/A+1.4%£41.42B£36.90B24.6736,000Trending News

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This page (LON:GFTU) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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