Free Trial

Kingswood (KWG) Competitors

Kingswood logo
GBX 10.75 -0.75 (-6.52%)
(As of 10:18 AM ET)

KWG vs. BGEU, BGHS, EAT, CGL, MNL, DIVI, GRID, HHI, RECI, and BRFI

Should you be buying Kingswood stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingswood include Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), European Assets Trust (EAT), Castelnau Group (CGL), Manchester & London (MNL), Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), and BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Kingswood vs.

Kingswood (LON:KWG) and Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kingswood. Kingswood is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kingswood£91.19M0.81-£14.09M-£0.08-134.38
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£27.20M11.39£25.14M£0.071,252.21

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 92.44% compared to Kingswood's net margin of -15.95%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity of 6.44% beat Kingswood's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kingswood-15.95% -20.03% 3.99%
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust 92.44%6.44%3.49%

Kingswood received 17 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KingswoodOutperform Votes
17
53.13%
Underperform Votes
15
46.88%
Baillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AN/A

0.0% of Kingswood shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Kingswood shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by company 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.

In the previous week, Kingswood had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kingswood and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Kingswood's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Kingswood is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kingswood Positive
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Neutral

Kingswood has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats Kingswood on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.
Skip Chart

KWG vs. The Competition

MetricKingswoodAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£73.76M£822.81M£3.33B£1.43B
Dividend YieldN/A13.42%4.64%11.74%
P/E Ratio-134.38761.65446.201,573.93
Price / Sales0.8113,594.643,088.13251,576.39
Price / Cash2.1978.9147.9532.99
Price / Book1.541.742.372.89
Net Income-£14.09M£57.31M£395.69M£152.86M
7 Day Performance-2.27%3.50%11.53%8.42%
1 Month Performance-6.52%17.01%20.36%16.39%
1 Year Performance-17.31%11.35%18.01%18.69%

Kingswood Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KWG
Kingswood
N/AGBX 10.75
-6.5%
N/A-11.5%£73.76M£91.19M-134.38421Gap Down
BGEU
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
N/AGBX 85.40
+0.4%
N/A-1.4%£301.80M£27.20M1,215.71N/APositive News
BGHS
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP
N/AGBX 2,420
+9,900.0%
N/AN/A£300.90M£-12,390,000.00-18.91N/AGap Up
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 82.20
+2.2%
GBX 1,437
+1,648.2%
+0.2%£295.98M£40.06M804.00N/A
CGL
Castelnau Group
N/AGBX 92
-4.2%
N/AN/A£293.83M£1.99M-3,133.33N/AGap Down
MNL
Manchester & London
N/AGBX 731.90
+1.7%
N/A+35.2%£293.49M£126.36M239.20N/A
DIVI
Diverse Income Trust
N/AGBX 91.80
flat
N/AN/A£292.42MN/A-513.56N/A
GRID
Gresham House Energy Storage
N/AGBX 50.80
+0.6%
N/A-55.5%£289.08M£-100,100,000.00-252.50N/AHigh Trading Volume
HHI
Henderson High Income Trust
N/AGBX 167
+1.5%
N/A+9.2%£287.47M£38.61M715.22N/APositive News
Gap Down
RECI
Real Estate Credit Investments
N/AGBX 128.50
+1.2%
N/A-2.8%£285.13M£31.10M1,270.00N/A
BRFI
BlackRock Frontiers
N/AGBX 150.50
+0.7%
N/A+6.4%£284.94M£98.29M501.83N/ADividend Increase

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:KWG) was last updated on 12/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners