GFTU vs. RS1, DPLM, DATA, SRP, BBY, QQ, RHIM, TPK, HAS, and HILS
Should you be buying Grafton Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grafton Group include RS Group (RS1), Diploma (DPLM), GlobalData (DATA), Serco Group (SRP), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Travis Perkins (TPK), Hays (HAS), and Hill & Smith (HILS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Grafton Group (LON:GFTU) and RS Group (LON:RS1) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Grafton Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Grafton Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RS Group pays out 4,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grafton Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
58.3% of Grafton Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of RS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Grafton Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of RS 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.
Grafton Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,146.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. RS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,013, indicating a potential upside of 22.86%. Given RS Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RS Group is more favorable than Grafton Group.
In the previous week, RS Group had 15 more articles in the media than Grafton Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for RS Group and 0 mentions for Grafton Group. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Grafton Group's score of 0.00 indicating that RS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RS Group has a net margin of 7.93% compared to Grafton Group's net margin of 6.41%. RS Group's return on equity of 17.57% beat Grafton Group's return on equity.
RS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grafton Group. Grafton Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grafton Group received 337 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.45% of users gave Grafton Group an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.
Grafton Group has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RS Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RS Group beats Grafton Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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