KGH vs. RST, DWF, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, SFT, WATR, and INSE
Should you be buying Knights Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knights Group include Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), Water Intelligence (WATR), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Knights Group vs.
Knights Group (LON:KGH) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
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 285 more outperform votes than Knights Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.77% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 64.41% of users gave Knights Group an outperform vote.
Restore has a consensus price target of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 48.73%. Given Restore's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Restore is more favorable than Knights Group.
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.
45.8% of Knights Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Restore shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Knights Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Restore shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Knights Group has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Restore's net margin of 1.37%. Knights Group's return on equity of 10.20% beat Restore's return on equity.
Knights Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Restore pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Knights Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Knights Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Restore's score of 0.00 indicating that Knights Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Knights Group beats Restore on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:KGH) was last updated on 12/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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