KW vs. CBRE, JLL, CIGI, TRNO, IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, GTY, and EFC
Should you be buying Kennedy-Wilson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kennedy-Wilson include CBRE Group (CBRE), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), and Ellington Financial (EFC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Kennedy-Wilson (NYSE:KW) and CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
CBRE Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kennedy-Wilson. Kennedy-Wilson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBRE Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CBRE Group had 9 more articles in the media than Kennedy-Wilson. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CBRE Group and 3 mentions for Kennedy-Wilson. CBRE Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Kennedy-Wilson's score of 0.16 indicating that CBRE Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CBRE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Kennedy-Wilson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CBRE Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kennedy-Wilson currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.63%. CBRE Group has a consensus price target of $99.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.98%. Given CBRE Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CBRE Group is more favorable than Kennedy-Wilson.
CBRE Group received 52 more outperform votes than Kennedy-Wilson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.38% of users gave Kennedy-Wilson an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave CBRE Group an outperform vote.
Kennedy-Wilson has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBRE Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CBRE Group has a net margin of 3.06% compared to Kennedy-Wilson's net margin of -41.31%. CBRE Group's return on equity of 12.96% beat Kennedy-Wilson's return on equity.
Summary
CBRE Group beats Kennedy-Wilson on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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