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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer KYGA or HWDN?

Howden Joinery Group has a consensus price target of GBX 919.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. Given Howden Joinery Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KYGA or HWDN?

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

Does the media favor KYGA or HWDN?

In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 3 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Kerry Group. Howden Joinery Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.06 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Howden Joinery Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger 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	21.43
Howden Joinery Group	£2.34B	2.06	£253.42M	£46.65	18.93

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 146.9%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, KYGA or HWDN?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% 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.

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%

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Kerry Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.