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Kainos Group (KNOS) Competitors

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GBX 894 +2.00 (+0.22%)
As of 09/12/2025 12:50 PM Eastern

KNOS vs. SOI, MTW, ATS, NVT, CARR, VEND, DCI, SYM, TRT, and GRC

Should you be buying Kainos Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kainos Group include Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Carr's Group (CARR), Ventus VCT D (VEND), DCI Advisors (DCI), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Transense Technologies (TRT), and GRC International Group (GRC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Kainos Group vs. Its Competitors

Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schroder Oriental Income88.88% 16.22% -2.12%
Kainos Group 12.74%33.12%14.45%

Schroder Oriental Income currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential downside of 4.46%. Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,080, indicating a potential upside of 20.81%. Given Kainos Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Schroder Oriental Income.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Schroder Oriental Income
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kainos Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Kainos Group had 4 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kainos Group and 1 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Kainos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Schroder Oriental Income's score of 0.29 indicating that Kainos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schroder Oriental Income
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kainos Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Schroder Oriental Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kainos Group. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schroder Oriental Income£82.53M8.72£106.18M£0.33962.30
Kainos Group£367.25M2.91£48.81M£0.283,170.21

Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group pays out 100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder Oriental Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

9.7% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Kainos Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kainos Group beats Schroder Oriental Income on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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KNOS vs. The Competition

MetricKainos GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.07B£7.18B£31.30B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.17%3.78%3.17%5.30%
P/E Ratio3,170.211,207.46438.525,410.94
Price / Sales2.91253.111,771.5196,691.90
Price / Cash20.8317.2136.9427.93
Price / Book7.1911.377.247.77
Net Income£48.81M£49.83M£808.32M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.59%1.25%3.40%6.51%
1 Month Performance29.75%2.40%3.98%55.94%
1 Year Performance2.76%10.32%24,081.54%147.85%

Kainos Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNOS
Kainos Group
2.0366 of 5 stars
GBX 894
+0.2%
GBX 1,080
+20.8%
+4.0%£1.07B£367.25M3,170.212,953Analyst Forecast
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
0.5479 of 5 stars
GBX 309.50
+1.1%
GBX 300
-3.1%
+18.3%£709.24M£82.53M948.51180News Coverage
MTW
Mattioli Woods
N/AN/AN/AN/A£431.24M£115.40M4,221.054,800
ATS
Artemis Alpha Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£120.70M£20.39M683.33N/A
NVT
Northern Venture Trust
N/AGBX 55.50
-2.6%
N/AN/A£120.52M£9.08M1,321.4310,400Gap Up
CARR
Carr's Group
N/AGBX 140
+2.6%
N/A+16.0%£72.44M£79.03M-8,235.2952,000Dividend Increase
Gap Up
VEND
Ventus VCT D
N/AN/AN/AN/A£54.14M£8.35M8.4749
DCI
DCI Advisors
N/AGBX 4.81
-1.8%
N/A+1.9%£43.51M-£12.81M-2,405.0014,000News Coverage
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 10.40
+6.7%
N/A+200.2%£24.58M£6.59M-1,650.791,120Gap Up
TRT
Transense Technologies
N/AGBX 120
-0.8%
N/A-30.8%£18.26M£4.70M1,273.89740
GRC
GRC International Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.36M£14.95M-775.001,150

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This page (LON:KNOS) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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