KGF vs. ENT, HWDN, TW, SMDS, BDEV, PSN, BKG, MKS, VTY, and BRBY
Should you be buying Kingfisher stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kingfisher include Entain (ENT), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Vistry Group (VTY), and Burberry Group (BRBY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Entain (LON:ENT) and Kingfisher (LON:KGF) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kingfisher has a net margin of 2.66% compared to Kingfisher's net margin of -19.47%. Entain's return on equity of 5.20% beat Kingfisher's return on equity.
Entain has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingfisher has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.2% of Entain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Kingfisher shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Entain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Kingfisher shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kingfisher received 767 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 98.00% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Kingfisher an outperform vote.
Kingfisher has higher revenue and earnings than Entain. Entain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingfisher, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kingfisher had 1 more articles in the media than Entain. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kingfisher and 0 mentions for Entain. Entain's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Kingfisher's score of -0.02 indicating that Kingfisher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Entain presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,143.17, indicating a potential upside of 57.69%. Kingfisher has a consensus target price of GBX 250, indicating a potential downside of 5.05%. Given Kingfisher's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Entain is more favorable than Kingfisher.
Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kingfisher pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Entain pays out -1,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kingfisher pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Kingfisher beats Entain on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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