KIE vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, GFRD, PTSG, SFR, and COST
Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), and Costain Group (COST). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Kier Group (LON:KIE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
75.7% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Kier Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group and Babcock International Group both had 4 articles in the media. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kier Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Babcock International Group. Kier Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kier Group has a net margin of 1.08% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 0.74%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 8.04% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
Babcock International Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 570.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.70%. Kier Group has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 32.41%. Given Babcock International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kier Group has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock International Group received 268 more outperform votes than Kier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.32% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 76.03% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Babcock International Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kier Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kier Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Kier Group beats Babcock International Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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