MGNS vs. KLR, RNWH, HILS, KIE, BBY, BAB, FGP, GEC, GEN, 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), FirstGroup (FGP), General Electric (GEC), Genuit Group (GEN), and Chemring Group (CHG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) and Keller Group (LON:KLR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
67.7% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Keller Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Keller Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Keller Group has a net margin of 3.01% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 2.86%. Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity of 22.12% beat Keller Group's return on equity.
Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 114 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Keller Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 pays out 3,750.0% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Keller Group. Morgan Sindall Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keller Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keller Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Morgan Sindall Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,000, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Keller Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,500, suggesting a potential upside of 10.46%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Keller Group.
In the previous week, Keller Group had 8 more articles in the media than Morgan Sindall Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Keller Group and 1 mentions for Morgan Sindall Group. Morgan Sindall Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Keller Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Morgan Sindall Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morgan Sindall Group received 94 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 62.98% of users gave Keller Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Morgan Sindall Group beats Keller Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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