Kingfisher (KGF) Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Kingfisher (LON:KGF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is WIX or KGF more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%
Kingfisher	2.68%	5.23%	3.55%

Is WIX or KGF a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, WIX or KGF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.36	£29.25M	£12.37	17.83
Kingfisher	£12.28B	0.43	£329.55M	£18.77	15.99

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WIX or KGF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wickes Group	Outperform Votes 24 96.00%	Underperform Votes 1 4.00%
Kingfisher	Outperform Votes 867 56.63%	Underperform Votes 664 43.37%

Which has more risk and volatility, WIX or KGF?

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingfisher has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WIX or KGF?

In the previous week, Kingfisher had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kingfisher and 4 mentions for Wickes Group. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kingfisher's score of -0.30 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kingfisher	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WIX or KGF?

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Kingfisher shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Kingfisher shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend WIX or KGF?

Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 2.49%. Kingfisher has a consensus price target of GBX 293.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.22%. Given Kingfisher's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kingfisher	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Summary

Kingfisher beats Wickes Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.