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Kerry Group (KYGA) Competitors

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GBX 93.02 -0.58 (-0.62%)
As of 04/30/2025 12:22 PM Eastern

KYGA vs. CPG, DPLM, DPH, HWDN, IGG, CTY, SMWH, GNS, 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), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), IG Group (IGG), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Genus (GNS), Carclo (CAR), and Prime People (PRP). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Kerry Group vs.

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Compass Group (LON:CPG) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kerry Group£736.58B0.02£62.65B£3.7824.60
Compass Group£31.57B1.35£1.35B£79.5231.60

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kerry Group8.50% 10.15% 4.77%
Compass Group 4.27%22.69%7.52%

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Compass Group received 391 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kerry GroupOutperform Votes
166
63.60%
Underperform Votes
95
36.40%
Compass GroupOutperform Votes
557
60.09%
Underperform Votes
370
39.91%

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 127.9%. Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Compass Group pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Kerry Group had 3 more articles in the media than Compass Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kerry Group and 0 mentions for Compass Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Compass Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group Positive
Compass Group Neutral

Compass Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,692, suggesting a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Group is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kerry Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Compass Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Compass Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Compass Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Compass Group beats Kerry Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KYGA vs. The Competition

MetricKerry GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£15.42B£2.04B£6.87B£2.56B
Dividend Yield1.20%2.65%3.16%4.97%
P/E Ratio24.6012.2811.64132.23
Price / Sales0.0243.9884.57226,804.18
Price / Cash0.19119.32146.2628.13
Price / Book0.022.962.884.55
Net Income£62.65B£2.63B£1.01B£5.84B
7 Day Performance-0.20%-0.04%0.05%2.95%
1 Month Performance-4.13%1.11%1.37%9.02%
1 Year Performance16.13%4.66%46.01%114.57%

Kerry Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 93.02
-0.6%
N/A+15.1%£15.42B£736.58B24.6021,000News Coverage
CPG
Compass Group
1.1391 of 5 stars
GBX 2,550
-0.1%
GBX 2,692
+5.6%
+12.6%£43.25B£31.57B32.07550,000Dividend Increase
DPLM
Diploma
1.1316 of 5 stars
GBX 3,786
-1.6%
GBX 4,567.50
+20.6%
+9.2%£5.05B£1.25B43.523,500Dividend Increase
News Coverage
DPH
Dechra Pharmaceuticals
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40B£761.50M-15,464.002,457
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
2.5241 of 5 stars
GBX 718.12
-0.7%
GBX 981
+36.6%
-12.4%£3.92B£2.34B15.3912,000
IGG
IG Group
1.4877 of 5 stars
GBX 1,042
+1.1%
GBX 1,082.50
+3.9%
+42.4%£3.69B£913.00M6.952,754News Coverage
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 462.50
+0.4%
N/A+12.7%£2.29B£307.08M7.79N/ADividend Announcement
SMWH
WH Smith
2.7036 of 5 stars
GBX 888
-4.6%
GBX 1,456.67
+64.0%
-17.5%£1.14B£1.83B18.3214,935Dividend Increase
GNS
Genus
1.3199 of 5 stars
GBX 1,606
-0.7%
GBX 2,150
+33.9%
+2.1%£1.05B£666.67M133.12480Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CAR
Carclo
N/AGBX 23.97
+0.1%
N/A+165.4%£17.60M£132.66M-5.331,059
PRP
Prime People
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.15M£19.72M10.9813,100Gap Down

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This page (LON:KYGA) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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