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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR) Competitors

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GBX 1,170.50 -3.00 (-0.26%)
As of 09/25/2025

RR vs. KNOS, SOI, MTW, ATS, NVT, CARR, VEND, DCI, SYM, and TRT

Should you be buying Rolls-Royce Holdings plc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc include Kainos Group (KNOS), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Carr's Group (CARR), Ventus VCT D (VEND), DCI Advisors (DCI), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), and Transense Technologies (TRT). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc vs. Its Competitors

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

63.3% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Kainos Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group pays out 100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has higher revenue and earnings than Kainos Group. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc£18.13B5.54£2.37B£27.4342.67
Kainos Group£367.25M2.91£48.81M£0.283,166.67

In the previous week, Kainos Group had 4 more articles in the media than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kainos Group and 2 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kainos Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc13.08% -78.08% 4.61%
Kainos Group 12.74%33.12%14.45%

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,188.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.55%. Kainos Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,041.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Kainos Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Kainos Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc beats Kainos Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RR vs. The Competition

MetricRolls-Royce Holdings plcAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£100.39B£15.66B£7.74B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.93%2.61%4.58%5.32%
P/E Ratio42.67344.36302.315,390.72
Price / Sales5.5487.80267.2298,506.30
Price / CashN/A21.4028.1827.92
Price / Book-44.114.814.748.03
Net Income£2.37B£223.64M£799.16M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.78%0.01%15.32%
1 Month Performance12.22%5.74%1.88%2.69%
1 Year Performance120.10%83.31%25.98%156.67%

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RR
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
3.0272 of 5 stars
GBX 1,170.50
-0.3%
GBX 1,188.67
+1.6%
N/A£100.39B£18.13B42.6741,400Positive News
High Trading Volume
KNOS
Kainos Group
1.5223 of 5 stars
GBX 869
+0.3%
GBX 1,041.67
+19.9%
+1.9%£1.04B£367.25M3,081.562,953Gap Up
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
0.4763 of 5 stars
GBX 315.50
+0.5%
GBX 300
-4.9%
+16.2%£722.99M£82.53M966.90180
MTW
Mattioli Woods
N/AN/AN/AN/A£431.24M£115.40M4,221.054,800
ATS
Artemis Alpha Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£120.70M£20.39M683.33N/A
NVT
Northern Venture Trust
N/AGBX 55.50
-2.6%
N/A+1.8%£120.52M£9.08M1,321.4310,400Gap Down
CARR
Carr's Group
N/AGBX 149
+2.1%
N/A+15.9%£77.10M£79.03M-8,764.7152,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
VEND
Ventus VCT D
N/AN/AN/AN/A£54.14M£8.35M8.4749
DCI
DCI Advisors
N/AGBX 5.09
+5.6%
N/A+4.2%£46.05M-£12.81M-2,545.0014,000News Coverage
Gap Up
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 8.01
-9.3%
N/A+145.3%£18.93M£6.59M-1,271.431,120Gap Down
TRT
Transense Technologies
N/AGBX 121.15
+4.1%
N/A-29.4%£18.44M£4.70M1,286.09740Earnings Report
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:RR) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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