Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) Competitors

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate KYGA or HWDN?

Howden Joinery Group has a consensus price target of GBX 962.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Howden Joinery Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Howden Joinery Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, KYGA or HWDN?

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Howden Joinery Group. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry 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
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	21.37
Howden Joinery Group	£2.34B	2.01	£253.42M	£46.65	18.48

Is KYGA or HWDN a better dividend stock?

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 147.3%. Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% 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.

Does the media favor KYGA or HWDN?

In the previous week, Kerry Group and Kerry Group both had 4 articles in the media. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howden Joinery Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KYGA or HWDN more profitable?

Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of 8.50%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%
Howden Joinery Group	10.82%	25.70%	10.70%

Which has more risk and volatility, KYGA or HWDN?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howden Joinery Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KYGA or HWDN?

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Howden Joinery Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Kerry Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.