KW vs. CBRE, JLL, CURB, CWK, UE, GTY, IIPR, EFC, FOR, and FPH
Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include CBRE Group (CBRE), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Curbline Properties (CURB), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Getty Realty (GTY), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Ellington Financial (EFC), Forestar Group (FOR), and Five Point (FPH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kennedy-Wilson vs. Its Competitors
CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) and Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
CBRE Group presently has a consensus price target of $149.22, indicating a potential upside of 10.05%. Kennedy-Wilson has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.67%. Given Kennedy-Wilson's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kennedy-Wilson is more favorable than CBRE Group.
CBRE Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CBRE Group had 17 more articles in the media than Kennedy-Wilson. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for CBRE Group and 3 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat CBRE Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Kennedy-Wilson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CBRE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBRE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CBRE Group has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Kennedy-Wilson's net margin of -58.56%. CBRE Group's return on equity of 16.96% beat Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity.
CBRE Group received 68 more outperform votes than Kennedy-Wilson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.23% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave CBRE Group an outperform vote.
Summary
CBRE Group beats Kennedy-Wilson on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:KW) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
