Critical Survey: Kion Group (KIGRY) & Its Competitors

Kion Group (OTCMKTS:KIGRY) is one of 24 publicly-traded companies in the “Industrial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Kion Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Kion Group has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kion Group’s peers have a beta of 1.16, suggesting that their average stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kion Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kion Group	$12.45 billion	$389.88 million	35.38
Kion Group Competitors	$9.76 billion	$637.30 million	17.91

Kion Group has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Kion Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Kion Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kion Group pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Industrial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Kion Group lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Kion Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kion Group	0	0	1	3	3.75
Kion Group Competitors	348	870	979	33	2.31

As a group, “Industrial Services” companies have a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Kion Group’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kion Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.2% of shares of all “Industrial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Industrial Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Kion Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kion Group	1.80%	3.39%	1.12%
Kion Group Competitors	-13.96%	10.84%	3.41%

Summary

Kion Group peers beat Kion Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Kion Group

KION GROUP AG provides industrial trucks and supply chain solutions worldwide. The company operates in Industrial Trucks & Services and Supply Chain Solutions segments. It offers forklift trucks, counterbalance trucks with electric drive and internal combustion engine, ride-on and hand-operated warehouse trucks, automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs), and towing vehicles under the Linde, STILL, Baoli, Fenwick, and OM brands. The company also manufactures and sells spare parts; leases and rents industrial trucks and related items; and offers maintenance and repair, and fleet management services, as well as provides finance solutions. In addition, it provides integrated technology and software solutions, including automated guided vehicle systems, palletizers, storage and picking equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems, sorters, and conveyors under the Dematic brand. The company was formerly known as KION Holding 1 GmbH. KION GROUP AG was founded in 2006 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.