KLR vs. BAB, BBY, HILS, MGNS, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, PTSG, SFR, and COST
Should you be buying Keller Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keller Group include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Hill & Smith (HILS), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), and Costain Group (COST). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Keller Group (LON:KLR) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Keller Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Babcock International Group. Keller 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.
Keller Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Keller Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,500, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. Babcock International Group has a consensus target price of GBX 570.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Given Babcock International Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Keller Group.
92.5% of Keller Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Keller Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group received 572 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.03% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 62.98% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Keller Group has a net margin of 3.01% compared to Babcock International Group's net margin of 0.74%. Keller Group's return on equity of 17.70% beat Babcock International Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 1 more articles in the media than Keller Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Babcock International Group and 4 mentions for Keller Group. Keller Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Keller Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. 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. Keller Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Keller Group beats Babcock International Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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