Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) Competitors

Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) and Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HWDN or KYGA?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HWDN or KYGA?

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
Howden Joinery Group	£2.34B	1.98	£253.42M	£46.65	18.17
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	25.71

Which has more volatility & risk, HWDN or KYGA?

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

Is HWDN or KYGA 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
Howden Joinery Group	10.82%	25.70%	10.70%
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%

Do analysts prefer HWDN or KYGA?

Howden Joinery Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 971.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Given Howden Joinery Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Howden Joinery Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWDN or KYGA?

Howden Joinery Group received 502 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.37% of users gave Howden Joinery Group an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Howden Joinery Group	Outperform Votes 668 72.37%	Underperform Votes 255 27.63%
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%

Does the media favor HWDN or KYGA?

In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 5 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Howden Joinery Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Howden Joinery Group	Positive
Kerry Group	Neutral

Is HWDN or KYGA a better dividend stock?

Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 122.4%. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Kerry Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.