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Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) Competitors

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GBX 838.50 +1.00 (+0.12%)
As of 09/19/2025 11:53 AM Eastern

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diploma9.25% 13.18% 8.32%
Howden Joinery Group 10.82%25.70%10.70%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diploma£1.45B5.01£115.40M£1.244,368.46
Howden Joinery Group£2.35B1.93£253.42M£0.461,811.02

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diploma
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Howden Joinery Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

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

Summary

Howden Joinery Group beats Diploma on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWDN vs. The Competition

MetricHowden Joinery GroupFurnishings, Fixtures & Appliances IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.55B£603.45M£3.86B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.54%3.39%3.53%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,811.021,004.41529.915,389.17
Price / Sales1.9339.70250.6697,580.70
Price / Cash13.8611.5431.1627.93
Price / Book4.591.323.619.20
Net Income£253.42M£12.18M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.89%-3.82%-0.15%0.44%
1 Month Performance-5.04%-3.95%-0.10%2.59%
1 Year Performance-12.15%-17.73%36.94%198.62%

Howden Joinery Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
1.5463 of 5 stars
GBX 838.50
+0.1%
GBX 919.67
+9.7%
-12.2%£4.55B£2.35B1,811.0212,000
DPLM
Diploma
0.8705 of 5 stars
GBX 5,490
-0.2%
GBX 5,238
-4.6%
+21.4%£7.36B£1.45B4,416.733,500Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
DPH
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40B£761.50M-15,464.002,457
IGG
IG Group
3.4471 of 5 stars
GBX 1,140
flat
GBX 1,504.80
+32.0%
+17.7%£3.97B£949.10M1,084.682,754
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 499.50
-0.3%
N/A+14.3%£2.47B£222.11M1,130.09N/AEarnings Report
Dividend Announcement
GNS
Genus
1.7428 of 5 stars
GBX 2,583.73
+2.7%
GBX 2,900
+12.2%
+32.7%£1.70B£672.80M-41,673.10480
SMWH
WH Smith
2.5618 of 5 stars
GBX 684.50
+0.4%
GBX 998.20
+45.8%
-51.8%£852.61M£1.94B15,211.1114,935Dividend Increase
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 78.40
-1.0%
N/A-12.7%£127.67M£6.97B17.8521,000Positive News
CAR
Carclo
N/AGBX 64.40
-1.1%
N/A+87.3%£47.28M£121.22M5,366.671,059Insider Trade
PRP
Prime People
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.15M£19.72M10.9813,100Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:HWDN) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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