KYGA vs. CARR, GLB, ANP, CAM, ACRL, REVB, MCB, CBOX, WINE, and GUS
Should you be buying Kerry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kerry Group include Carr's Group (CARR), Glanbia (GLB), Anpario (ANP), Camellia (CAM), Accrol Group (ACRL), Revolution Beauty Group (REVB), McBride (MCB), Cake Box (CBOX), Naked Wines (WINE), and Gusbourne (GUS). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Carr's Group (LON:CARR) and Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 115 per share and has a dividend yield of 145.1%. Kerry Group pays out 2,804.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
46.6% of Carr's Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Kerry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of Carr's 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kerry Group has a net margin of 9.08% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of -0.16%. Carr's Group's return on equity of 11.42% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.
Carr's Group received 2 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Carr's Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Carr's Group had 20 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Carr's Group and 1 mentions for Kerry Group. Kerry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Carr's Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Carr's Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carr's Group.
Carr's Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carr's Group beats Kerry Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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