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Kier Group (KIE) Competitors

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GBX 199.20 +1.00 (+0.50%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:04 PM Eastern

KIE vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, RNWH, KINO, 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), Renew (RNWH), Kinovo (KINO), 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

Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Kier Group (LON:KIE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kier Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Balfour Beatty2.85% 19.46% 1.63%
Kier Group 1.09%8.23%2.18%

In the previous week, Balfour Beatty had 1 more articles in the media than Kier Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Balfour Beatty and 1 mentions for Kier Group. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.14 indicating that Kier Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Balfour Beatty
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kier Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Kier Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Kier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Balfour Beatty£7.72B0.36£219.98M£42.8312.65
Kier Group£3.92B0.22£42.84M£9.9320.05

Balfour Beatty currently has a consensus target price of GBX 542.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Kier Group has a consensus target price of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 5.42%. Given Kier Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Balfour Beatty
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kier Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Balfour Beatty pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kier Group pays out 50.3% 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.

Summary

Balfour Beatty beats Kier Group on 9 of the 17 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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KIE vs. The Competition

MetricKier GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£857.48M£2.76B£7.61B£3.03B
Dividend Yield0.03%3.02%4.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio20.0531.7325.22176.74
Price / Sales0.2272.3598.78264,367.13
Price / Cash0.9114.6127.7627.97
Price / Book1.642.914.344.54
Net Income£42.84M£82.90M£792.92M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.61%-1.00%-1.84%-0.92%
1 Month Performance-0.65%20.26%2.35%6.15%
1 Year Performance28.35%54.48%29.41%71.63%

Kier Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KIE
Kier Group
1.5762 of 5 stars
GBX 199.20
+0.5%
GBX 210
+5.4%
+25.8%£857.48M£3.92B20.0510,286News Coverage
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.3507 of 5 stars
GBX 532
-0.1%
GBX 542.50
+2.0%
+30.5%£2.71B£7.72B12.42105,000News Coverage
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
1.501 of 5 stars
GBX 4,679.90
-0.1%
GBX 4,500
-3.8%
+59.1%£2.21B£4.46B17.617,700News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HILS
Hill & Smith
1.74 of 5 stars
GBX 1,965.79
-0.6%
GBX 2,500
+27.2%
-10.8%£1.59B£834.58M20.664,336
KLR
Keller Group
N/AGBX 1,388
-0.6%
GBX 1,705
+22.8%
-9.6%£1.01B£3.01B8.039,500
RNWH
Renew
N/AGBX 827.18
-0.2%
N/A-22.9%£665.90M£1.10B13.834,361Dividend Increase
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,085
-0.5%
GBX 95
-91.2%
+1,533.4%£656.47M£64.75M-1,067.74203
GFRD
Galliford Try
3.1974 of 5 stars
GBX 469
+0.6%
GBX 510
+8.7%
+40.6%£465.11M£1.69B13.613,922
COST
Costain Group
1.083 of 5 stars
GBX 156.65
+0.0%
GBX 105
-33.0%
+86.2%£419.58M£1.28B13.983,270
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 33.50
-0.6%
N/A-62.1%£97.83M£444.13M6.381,900Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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