GNS vs. HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, SMWH, CAR, PRP, AUK, STG, and BAY
Should you be buying Genus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genus include Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Strip Tinning (STG), and Bay Capital (BAY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Genus vs. Its Competitors
Genus (LON:GNS) and Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) are both personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Genus' net margin of 1.18%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Genus' return on equity.
Genus pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Genus pays out 265.3% 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 pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 Genus. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genus has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 5 more articles in the media than Genus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Genus. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Genus' score of 0.00 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.8% of Genus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Genus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genus currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,150, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. Howden Joinery Group has a consensus target price of GBX 971.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.88%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Genus.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Genus on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GNS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
