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LON:KIE

Kier Group (KIE) Competitors

GBX 77.50
-2.40 (-3.00%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
77.20
▼
81.90
50-Day Range
64.50
▼
81.90
52-Week Range
56
▼
82.60
Volume
847,018 shs
Average Volume
1.23 million shs
Market Capitalization
£345.89 million
P/E Ratio
1,550.00
Dividend Yield
18.01%
Price Target
GBX 150
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KIE vs. PTSG, SUR, KLR, SFR, COST, MGNS, HILS, LSC, RCDO, and HYVE

Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Sureserve Group (SUR), Keller Group (KLR), Severfield (SFR), Costain Group (COST), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), London Security (LSC), Ricardo (RCDO), and Hyve Group (HYVE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Kier Group vs.

Kier Group (LON:KIE) and Premier Technical Services Group (LON:PTSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Kier Group has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Technical Services Group. Premier Technical Services Group 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£3.19 billion0.11£23.60 million£0.051,550.00
Premier Technical Services Group£69.10 million3.84N/A£2.8075.00

In the previous week, Kier Group had 4 more articles in the media than Premier Technical Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kier Group and 0 mentions for Premier Technical Services Group. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Premier Technical Services Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kier Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kier Group Neutral
Premier Technical Services Group Neutral

Kier Group has a net margin of 0.74% compared to Premier Technical Services Group's net margin of 0.00%. Kier Group's return on equity of 4.66% beat Premier Technical Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kier Group 0.74% 4.66% 1.23%
Premier Technical Services Group N/A N/A N/A

88.0% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Kier Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kier Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 93.55%. Given Kier Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Premier Technical Services 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
Premier Technical Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Kier Group received 433 more outperform votes than Premier Technical Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.21% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 67.54% of users gave Premier Technical Services Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kier GroupOutperform Votes
562
81.21%
Underperform Votes
130
18.79%
Premier Technical Services GroupOutperform Votes
129
67.54%
Underperform Votes
62
32.46%

Summary

Kier Group beats Premier Technical Services Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KIE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

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MetricKier GroupEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£345.89M£1.39B£3.13B£1.34B
Dividend Yield18.01%5.03%4.38%13.23%
P/E Ratio1,550.00308.86552.031,601.09
Price / Sales0.1191.00214.0145,935.32
Price / Cash0.9119.2226.5332.96
Price / Book0.691.833.612.66
Net Income£23.60M£48.26M£232.15M£208.04M
7 Day Performance-1.77%-0.80%-0.82%-0.09%
1 Month Performance1.04%-2.34%-1.33%3.79%
1 Year Performance-1.27%7.39%10.33%6.52%

Kier Group Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
0 of 5 stars		GBX 210
flat		N/A+0.0%£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SUR
Sureserve Group
0.9825 of 5 stars		GBX 124.25
flat		GBX 120
-3.4%		+46.2%£206.53M£304.16M1,553.132,381News Coverage
High Trading Volume
KLR
Keller Group
0 of 5 stars		GBX 704
flat		N/A-8.0%£512.37M£2.94B1,135.4810,000News Coverage
Gap Up
SFR
Severfield
1.9549 of 5 stars		GBX 63.80
-0.6%		GBX 109
+70.8%		+0.0%£197.49M£442.54M1,063.331,500Dividend Cut
COST
Costain Group
1.309 of 5 stars		GBX 51.60
-4.1%		GBX 50
-3.1%		+31.0%£141.94M£1.42B573.333,500Gap Down
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
0 of 5 stars		GBX 1,830
flat		N/A-12.9%£866.51M£3.61B1,407.696,900
HILS
Hill & Smith
1.3513 of 5 stars		GBX 1,474
+1.2%		GBX 1,563.33
+6.1%		+2.8%£1.18B£732.10M2,200.004,402Insider Buying
LSC
London Security
0 of 5 stars		GBX 2,900
+3.6%		N/AN/A£355.54M£172.51M1,870.971,406Gap Up
RCDO
Ricardo
0.9445 of 5 stars		GBX 566
-0.4%		GBX 532
-6.0%		+59.0%£352.17M£410.90M-3,537.502,869News Coverage
High Trading Volume
HYVE
Hyve Group
0 of 5 stars		GBX 120.60
flat		GBX 125
+3.6%		+36.4%£351.72M£122.47M-1,340.00772

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This page (LON:KIE) was last updated on 5/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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