KGF vs. WIX, VIC, TPT, CMO, IHG, NXT, SKG, SMDS, MKS, and BDEV
Should you be buying Kingfisher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingfisher include Wickes Group (WIX), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Topps Tiles (TPT), CMO Group (CMO), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), and Barratt Developments (BDEV). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Kingfisher vs. Its Competitors
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Kingfisher (LON:KGF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Kingfisher shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Kingfisher shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kingfisher has a net margin of 2.68% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Kingfisher's return on equity.
Wickes Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 5.08%. Kingfisher has a consensus price target of GBX 293.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Given Kingfisher's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Kingfisher has higher revenue and earnings than Wickes Group. Kingfisher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kingfisher received 843 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingfisher has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kingfisher pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Kingfisher had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kingfisher and 1 mentions for Wickes Group. Kingfisher's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kingfisher beats Wickes Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Kingfisher News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KGF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KGF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Kingfisher Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:KGF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Buy KGF Stock Free KGF Stock Alerts