KGF vs. TW, HWDN, SMDS, BDEV, BKG, ENT, PSN, BRBY, MKS, and VTY
Should you be buying Kingfisher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingfisher include Taylor Wimpey (TW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DS Smith (SMDS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Entain (ENT), Persimmon (PSN), Burberry Group (BRBY), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), and Vistry Group (VTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Kingfisher (LON:KGF) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 9.93% compared to Kingfisher's net margin of 2.66%. Taylor Wimpey's return on equity of 7.73% beat Kingfisher's return on equity.
84.3% of Kingfisher shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Kingfisher shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kingfisher has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Kingfisher pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Taylor Wimpey pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Kingfisher had 1 more articles in the media than Taylor Wimpey. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kingfisher and 2 mentions for Taylor Wimpey. Kingfisher's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of -0.08 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kingfisher currently has a consensus price target of GBX 250, indicating a potential downside of 2.57%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 135.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. Given Kingfisher's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kingfisher is more favorable than Taylor Wimpey.
Taylor Wimpey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingfisher. Taylor Wimpey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingfisher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Taylor Wimpey received 579 more outperform votes than Kingfisher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.25% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.
Summary
Taylor Wimpey beats Kingfisher on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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