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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Knights Group beats Restore on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
