MGNS vs. KLR, RNWH, HILS, KIE, BBY, BAB, GEN, FGP, GEC, and CHG
Should you be buying Morgan Sindall Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Sindall Group include Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Hill & Smith (HILS), Kier Group (KIE), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Babcock International Group (BAB), Genuit Group (GEN), FirstGroup (FGP), General Electric (GEC), and Chemring Group (CHG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Keller Group (LON:KLR) and Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Keller Group has a net margin of 3.01% compared to Keller Group's net margin of 2.86%. Keller Group's return on equity of 22.12% beat Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity.
92.0% of Keller Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Keller Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 114 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Keller Group pays out 3,719.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 4,560.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Keller Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Morgan Sindall Group had 1 more articles in the media than Keller Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group and 3 mentions for Keller Group. Keller Group's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Morgan Sindall Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Morgan Sindall Group received 95 more outperform votes than Keller Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.26% of users gave Morgan Sindall Group an outperform vote while only 62.89% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Morgan Sindall Group has higher revenue and earnings than Keller Group. Keller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Sindall Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Keller Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,300, indicating a potential upside of 21.95%. Morgan Sindall Group has a consensus price target of GBX 3,000, indicating a potential upside of 32.45%. Given Keller Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Keller Group.
Summary
Morgan Sindall Group beats Keller Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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