KYGA vs. CARR, ANP, GLB, CAM, ACRL, CDGP, MCB, REVB, CBOX, and WINE
Should you be buying Kerry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kerry Group include Carr's Group (CARR), Anpario (ANP), Glanbia (GLB), Camellia (CAM), Accrol Group (ACRL), Chapel Down Group (CDGP), McBride (MCB), Revolution Beauty Group (REVB), Cake Box (CBOX), and Naked Wines (WINE). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Carr's Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 115 per share and has a dividend yield of 142.9%. Carr's Group pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kerry Group pays out 2,811.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Carr's Group had 14 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Carr's Group and 1 mentions for Kerry Group. Carr's Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Kerry Group's score of -0.18 indicating that Kerry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kerry Group has a net margin of 9.08% compared to Kerry Group's net margin of -1.12%. Carr's Group's return on equity of 11.42% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.
46.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Carr's Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Kerry Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Carr's Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kerry Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Carr's Group. Carr's Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kerry Group beats Carr's Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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