KGH vs. SFT, INSE, WATR, DLAR, BEG, MIND, VNET, KEYS, CPI, and RST
Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), Water Intelligence (WATR), De La Rue (DLAR), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Mind Gym (MIND), Vianet Group (VNET), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Capita (CPI), and Restore (RST). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Software Circle (LON:SFT) and Knights Group (LON:KGH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Software Circle has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knights Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Knights Group has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Knights Group's net margin of -16.76%. Software Circle's return on equity of 10.38% beat Knights Group's return on equity.
Knights Group has higher revenue and earnings than Software Circle. Software Circle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knights Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.1% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of Knights Group shares are held by institutional investors. 69.9% of Software Circle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Knights Group 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.
In the previous week, Knights Group had 1 more articles in the media than Software Circle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Knights Group and 0 mentions for Software Circle. Software Circle's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Knights Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Knights Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Software Circle pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Knights Group pays out 3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Software Circle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Knights Group received 36 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Knights Group beats Software Circle on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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