HWDN vs. DPLM, DPH, IGG, CTY, GNS, SMWH, KYGA, CAR, PRP, and AUK
Should you be buying Howden Joinery Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howden Joinery Group include Diploma (DPLM), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Howden Joinery Group vs. Its Competitors
Diploma (LON:DPLM) and Howden Joinery Group (LON:HWDN) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Howden Joinery Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. Howden Joinery Group's return on equity of 25.70% beat Diploma's return on equity.
Howden Joinery Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. Howden Joinery Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diploma has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% 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.
Diploma currently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,238, suggesting a potential downside of 3.54%. Howden Joinery Group has a consensus price target of GBX 919.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.68%. Given Howden Joinery Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Howden Joinery Group is more favorable than Diploma.
79.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Diploma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Howden Joinery Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Howden Joinery Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diploma pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Howden Joinery Group pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Howden Joinery Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Howden Joinery Group had 1 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Howden Joinery Group and 1 mentions for Diploma. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Howden Joinery Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Howden Joinery Group beats Diploma on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HWDN) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff