KIE vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, KINO, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kinovo (KINO), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Kier Group vs. Its Competitors
Kier Group (LON:KIE) and Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Balfour Beatty has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 1.09%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 19.46% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Kier Group pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balfour Beatty pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Kier Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kier Group and Kier Group both had 2 articles in the media. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Kier Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.8% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kier Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kier Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus price target of GBX 680, suggesting a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Kier Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Kier Group. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kier Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Balfour Beatty beats Kier Group on 10 of the 16 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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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
