GFTU vs. RS1, DPLM, BBY, SRP, WIZZ, IDS, QQ, RHIM, DATA, and MTO
Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include RS Group (RS1), Diploma (DPLM), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Serco Group (SRP), Wizz Air (WIZZ), International Distributions Services (IDS), QinetiQ Group (QQ), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), GlobalData (DATA), and Mitie Group (MTO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RS Group (LON:RS1) and Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Grafton Group received 336 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.38% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.
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.
RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. RS Group pays out 4,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RS Group has a net margin of 7.93% compared to RS Group's net margin of 6.41%. Grafton Group's return on equity of 17.57% beat RS Group's return on equity.
85.8% of RS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Grafton Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of RS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Grafton Group shares are held by 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.
RS Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grafton Group has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RS Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,013, indicating a potential upside of 42.78%. Grafton Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 22.34%. Given Grafton Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe RS Group is more favorable than Grafton Group.
In the previous week, RS Group had 7 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RS Group and 2 mentions for Grafton Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Grafton Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Grafton Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RS Group beats Grafton Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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