KLR vs. RNWH, KIE, MGNS, GFRD, COST, SFR, HILS, BBY, BAB, and TYMN
Should you be buying Keller Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keller Group include Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Severfield (SFR), Hill & Smith (HILS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Babcock International Group (BAB), and Tyman (TYMN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Renew (LON:RNWH) and Keller Group (LON:KLR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Renew has a net margin of 4.71% compared to Renew's net margin of 3.01%. Keller Group's return on equity of 28.69% beat Renew's return on equity.
62.9% of Renew shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Keller Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Renew shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Keller Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Renew pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Keller Group pays out 3,719.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Renew has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Keller Group had 1 more articles in the media than Renew. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Keller Group and 2 mentions for Renew. Renew's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Keller Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Keller Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Renew received 18 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.42% of users gave Renew an outperform vote while only 62.89% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Keller Group has higher revenue and earnings than Renew. Keller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Renew, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renew presently has a consensus target price of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Keller Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,300, suggesting a potential upside of 24.28%. Given Renew's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Keller Group is more favorable than Renew.
Summary
Keller Group beats Renew on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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