KNOS vs. SOI, MTW, CARR, ATS, NVT, 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), Carr's Group (CARR), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Schroder Oriental Income presently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 3.63%. Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,078.33, suggesting a potential upside of 47.01%. Given Kainos Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Schroder Oriental Income.
In the previous week, Schroder Oriental Income had 2 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income and 0 mentions for Kainos Group. Schroder Oriental Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kainos Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Summary
Kainos Group beats Schroder Oriental Income on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:KNOS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
