KGH vs. RST, DWF, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, INSE, SFT, and WATR
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), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), and Water Intelligence (WATR). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
45.8% of Knights Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Restore shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of Knights Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Restore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Restore had 1 more articles in the media than Knights Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Restore and 1 mentions for Knights Group. Restore's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Knights Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Restore received 284 more outperform votes than Knights Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.82% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 65.57% of users gave Knights Group an outperform vote.
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.
Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Knights Group pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Restore pays out 175.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Knights Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restore has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 50.29%. Given Restore's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restore is more favorable than Knights Group.
Summary
Restore beats Knights Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
