KIE vs. RNWH, KLR, GFRD, COST, SFR, MGNS, HILS, BBY, STEM, and VLX
Should you be buying Kier Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kier Group include Renew (RNWH), Keller Group (KLR), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Severfield (SFR), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Hill & Smith (HILS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), SThree (STEM), and Volex (VLX). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Kier Group (LON:KIE) and Renew (LON:RNWH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Kier Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Renew pays out 3,050.8% 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 has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renew has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.8% of Kier Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of Renew shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Kier Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Renew shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Renew had 3 more articles in the media than Kier Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Renew and 1 mentions for Kier Group. Kier Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Renew's score of 0.07 indicating that Kier Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Renew has a net margin of 4.71% compared to Kier Group's net margin of 1.08%. Renew's return on equity of 28.69% beat Kier Group's return on equity.
Renew has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kier Group. Kier Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renew, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kier Group received 285 more outperform votes than Renew when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.27% of users gave Kier Group an outperform vote while only 73.42% of users gave Renew an outperform vote.
Kier Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 60.31%. Renew has a consensus price target of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given Kier Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Kier Group is more favorable than Renew.
Summary
Renew beats Kier Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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