KYGA vs. CPG, DPLM, HWDN, DPH, IGG, CTY, GNS, SMWH, CAR, and PRP
Should you be buying Kerry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kerry Group include Compass Group (CPG), Diploma (DPLM), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Carclo (CAR), and Prime People (PRP). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Kerry Group vs. Its Competitors
Compass Group (LON:CPG) and Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) are both large-cap personal services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
Compass Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,770, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Compass Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.
In the previous week, Kerry Group had 1 more articles in the media than Compass Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kerry Group and 2 mentions for Compass Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Compass Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of Compass Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Compass Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Group. Kerry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Compass Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 147.3%. Compass Group pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kerry Group has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Compass Group's net margin of 4.27%. Compass Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.
Summary
Compass Group beats Kerry Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:KYGA) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
