RR vs. KNOS, SOI, MTW, CARR, ATS, NVT, 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), Carr's Group (CARR), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), 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
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LON:RR) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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.
Kainos Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,070, indicating a potential upside of 54.51%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a consensus price target of GBX 976.20, indicating a potential downside of 11.38%. Given Kainos Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has higher revenue and earnings than Kainos Group. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.7% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rolls-Royce Holdings plc had 15 more articles in the media than Kainos Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 3 mentions for Kainos Group. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc beats Kainos Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RR) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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