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Knights Group (KGH) Competitors

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GBX 194 +4.00 (+2.11%)
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KGH vs. RST, DWF, RWS, CPI, FRAN, DLAR, BEG, KEYS, INSE, and SFT

Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), Capita (CPI), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Inspired (INSE), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Knights Group vs. Its Competitors

Knights Group (LON:KGH) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Knights Group has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Restore's net margin of 1.37%. Knights Group's return on equity of 10.03% beat Restore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Knights Group6.82% 10.03% 4.91%
Restore 1.37%1.64%3.37%

41.5% of Knights Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Restore shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Knights Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Restore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Knights Group pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restore pays out 86.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Restore had 2 more articles in the media than Knights Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Restore and 1 mentions for Knights Group. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Knights Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Knights Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Restore
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Restore has a consensus target price of GBX 362.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.89%. Given Restore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Restore is more favorable than Knights Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Knights Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Restore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Knights Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Restore. Knights Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knights Group£154.08M1.08£9.81M£0.131,519.19
Restore£296M1.21£3.74M£0.073,955.22

Summary

Knights Group beats Restore on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KGH vs. The Competition

MetricKnights GroupSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£166.86M£6.96B£7.76B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.64%4.84%4.57%5.33%
P/E Ratio1,519.19708.73305.635,412.34
Price / Sales1.08110.26263.3197,600.50
Price / Cash21.5040.5428.2727.93
Price / Book1.667.494.778.71
Net Income£9.81M£144.67M£799.16M£5.89B
7 Day Performance13.45%1.16%1.10%1.14%
1 Month Performance10.23%0.34%2.36%3.07%
1 Year Performance43.70%39.03%26.98%175.61%

Knights Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 194
+2.1%
N/A+43.9%£166.86M£154.08M1,519.191,353Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RST
Restore
3.3395 of 5 stars
GBX 260.80
-1.6%
GBX 362.75
+39.1%
-0.8%£353.75M£296M3,892.542,700News Coverage
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RWS
RWS
2.6074 of 5 stars
GBX 89
+0.7%
GBX 240
+169.7%
-43.6%£329.13M£712.20M1,328.367,040Dividend Increase
CPI
Capita
3.6985 of 5 stars
GBX 253
+0.2%
GBX 405
+60.1%
+1,215.2%£287.79M£2.34B1,865.7843,000Positive News
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 138
+0.2%
N/A-15.0%£265.56M£139.35M3,432.84715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.8536 of 5 stars
GBX 122.50
+2.9%
GBX 152.33
+24.4%
+16.3%£194.75M£153.70M3,223.681,051Dividend Cut
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 580
+0.2%
N/A+8.1%£183.96M£97.70M2,180.4576News Coverage
Earnings Report
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.17
-0.4%
N/A+61.8%£132.37M£93.79M919.331,600
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 26
-1.9%
N/A+31.6%£101.42M£18.27M-32,500.00131

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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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