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Kier Group (KIE) Competitors

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GBX 204 +1.00 (+0.49%)
As of 07/11/2025 12:36 PM Eastern

KIE vs. BBY, MGNS, HILS, KLR, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, SFR, and CTO

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), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), and TClarke (CTO). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

92.3% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Kier Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Kier Group had 1 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kier Group and 0 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Kier Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Balfour Beatty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kier Group Neutral
Balfour Beatty Positive

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

Kier Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus target price of GBX 542.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.03%. Given Balfour Beatty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Balfour Beatty is more favorable than Kier Group.

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

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
Kier Group1.09% 8.23% 2.18%
Balfour Beatty 2.85%19.46%1.63%

Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kier Group pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balfour Beatty pays out 28.0% 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.

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
Kier Group£3.92B0.22£42.84M£9.9320.54
Balfour Beatty£7.72B0.34£219.98M£42.8312.06

Summary

Balfour Beatty beats Kier Group on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KIE vs. The Competition

MetricKier GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£878.14M£2.78B£7.59B£3.00B
Dividend Yield0.03%3.02%4.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio20.5431.2525.12150.83
Price / Sales0.2272.10117.83314,599.97
Price / Cash0.9114.6127.4527.97
Price / Book1.682.954.414.59
Net Income£42.84M£82.90M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.49%2.26%0.73%11.51%
1 Month Performance15.33%20.68%4.84%7.92%
1 Year Performance34.74%56.81%28.09%32.05%

Kier Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KIE
Kier Group
1.6754 of 5 stars
GBX 204
+0.5%
GBX 210
+2.9%
+34.7%£878.14M£3.92B20.5410,286Gap Down
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.1708 of 5 stars
GBX 523.50
+0.3%
GBX 542.50
+3.6%
+28.3%£2.67B£7.72B12.22105,000
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
1.5625 of 5 stars
GBX 4,565
-0.2%
GBX 4,500
-1.4%
+69.7%£2.16B£4.46B17.187,700
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.8373 of 5 stars
GBX 1,792
flat
GBX 2,500
+39.5%
-11.4%£1.45B£834.58M18.844,336News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KLR
Keller Group
2.1026 of 5 stars
GBX 1,460
-0.1%
GBX 1,750
+19.9%
+2.3%£1.06B£3.01B8.459,500
RNWH
Renew
N/AGBX 851.78
+0.2%
N/A-23.3%£685.70M£1.10B14.254,361News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
GFRD
Galliford Try
3.2021 of 5 stars
GBX 421.50
+0.5%
N/A+52.0%£418.01M£1.69B12.233,922News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
COST
Costain Group
0.9496 of 5 stars
GBX 148.60
+0.3%
GBX 105
-29.3%
+69.7%£398.02M£1.28B13.273,270
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 37.10
-1.3%
N/A-56.7%£108.34M£444.13M7.071,900Dividend Cut
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130

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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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