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Kitwave Group (KITW) Competitors

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GBX 238 +3.00 (+1.28%)
As of 07/4/2025

KITW vs. BSD, BNZL, GNC, DCG, CCR, BAG, HFG, MPE, TOT, and HOTC

Should you be buying Kitwave Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kitwave Group include B.S.D Crown (BSD), Bunzl (BNZL), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), C&C Group (CCR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), Total Produce (TOT), and Hotel Chocolat Group (HOTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Kitwave Group vs. Its Competitors

B.S.D Crown (LON:BSD) and Kitwave Group (LON:KITW) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

53.4% of Kitwave Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Kitwave 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.

In the previous week, Kitwave Group had 13 more articles in the media than B.S.D Crown. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kitwave Group and 0 mentions for B.S.D Crown. Kitwave Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat B.S.D Crown's score of 0.00 indicating that Kitwave Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
B.S.D Crown Neutral
Kitwave Group Positive

Kitwave Group has a net margin of 2.83% compared to B.S.D Crown's net margin of 0.00%. Kitwave Group's return on equity of 20.87% beat B.S.D Crown's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
B.S.D CrownN/A N/A N/A
Kitwave Group 2.83%20.87%7.23%

Kitwave Group has higher revenue and earnings than B.S.D Crown. B.S.D Crown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kitwave Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
B.S.D CrownN/AN/AN/A£1.10N/A
Kitwave Group£679.23M0.28£19.24M£24.089.88

Kitwave Group has a consensus price target of GBX 457.50, indicating a potential upside of 92.23%. Given Kitwave Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kitwave Group is more favorable than B.S.D Crown.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
B.S.D Crown
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Kitwave Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Kitwave Group beats B.S.D Crown on 12 of the 13 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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KITW vs. The Competition

MetricKitwave GroupFood Distribution IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£190.77M£1.41B£6.90B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.96%8.28%3.16%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.8816.2213.21147.88
Price / Sales0.2813.99102.85258,917.23
Price / Cash22.1511.75144.7427.97
Price / Book2.061.414.354.61
Net Income£19.24M£52.61M£999.43M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-28.10%-0.89%0.61%1.04%
1 Month Performance-25.63%0.98%-0.14%5.12%
1 Year Performance-26.54%3.87%68.55%80.82%

Kitwave Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KITW
Kitwave Group
4.0011 of 5 stars
GBX 238
+1.3%
GBX 457.50
+92.2%
-25.0%£190.77M£679.23M9.88600News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BSD
B.S.D Crown
N/AN/AN/AN/A£36.22MN/A25.45184Gap Down
BNZL
Bunzl
3.4783 of 5 stars
GBX 2,328
+0.3%
GBX 3,375
+45.0%
-25.1%£7.61B£11.23B16.0924,528Positive News
GNC
Greencore Group
0.3179 of 5 stars
GBX 227
+0.2%
GBX 130
-42.7%
+33.9%£987.98M£1.72B20.5313,602News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
CCR
C&C Group
N/AGBX 170.80
+0.9%
N/A+4.4%£774.77M£1.90B-7.152,897
BAG
A.G. BARR
N/AGBX 684
-0.6%
GBX 685
+0.1%
+15.7%£764.33M£414.41M21.031,030
HFG
Hilton Food Group
3.7386 of 5 stars
GBX 845
+0.1%
GBX 1,091.67
+29.2%
-3.2%£756.44M£3.80B16.267,000
MPE
M.P. Evans Group
2.5978 of 5 stars
GBX 1,080
-2.7%
GBX 1,375
+27.3%
+33.8%£701.05M£408.94M10.8812,800
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
HOTC
Hotel Chocolat Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£514.70M£204.50M-7,480.001,390

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This page (LON:KITW) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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