Grafton Group (GFTU) Competitors

RS Group (LON:RS1) and Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Is RS1 or GFTU a better dividend stock?

RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. RS Group pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grafton Group pays out 56.7% 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. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RS1 or GFTU?

RS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grafton Group. Grafton Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RS 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
RS Group	£2.91B	0.91	£181.90M	£38.70	14.48
Grafton Group	£2.21B	0.79	£127.90M	£65.21	13.56

Which has more risk and volatility, RS1 or GFTU?

RS Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grafton Group has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RS1 or GFTU more profitable?

RS Group has a net margin of 6.24% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 5.79%. RS Group's return on equity of 12.99% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RS Group	6.24%	12.99%	6.58%
Grafton Group	5.79%	8.08%	3.60%

Does the media prefer RS1 or GFTU?

In the previous week, Grafton Group had 1 more articles in the media than RS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Grafton Group and 0 mentions for RS Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 equaled Grafton Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RS Group	Positive
Grafton Group	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RS1 or GFTU?

78.1% of RS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Grafton Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of RS Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Grafton Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate RS1 or GFTU?

RS Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 810, suggesting a potential upside of 44.57%. Grafton Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 24.40%. Given RS Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RS Group is more favorable than Grafton Group.

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

Summary

RS Group beats Grafton Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.