Head to Head Review: SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) & Kion Group (OTCMKTS:KIGRY)

Kion Group (OTCMKTS:KIGRY) and SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Kion Group has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Kion Group and SiteOne Landscape Supply, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kion Group	0	1	1	2	3.25
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2	6	5	0	2.23

SiteOne Landscape Supply has a consensus target price of $150.70, indicating a potential upside of 17.30%. Given SiteOne Landscape Supply’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SiteOne Landscape Supply is more favorable than Kion Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kion Group and SiteOne Landscape Supply”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kion Group	$12.45 billion	0.76	$389.88 million	$0.58	31.12
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.54 billion	1.26	$123.60 million	$3.08	41.71

Kion Group has higher revenue and earnings than SiteOne Landscape Supply. Kion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Kion Group and SiteOne Landscape Supply’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kion Group	2.08%	3.89%	1.27%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.98%	8.62%	4.30%

Summary

SiteOne Landscape Supply beats Kion Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of landscape supplies in the United States and Canada. The company provides irrigation products, including controllers, valves, sprinkler heads, irrigation pipes, micro irrigation, and drip products; fertilizer, grass seed, and ice melt products; control products, such as herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, and other pesticides; landscape accessories that include mulches, soil amendments, drainage pipes, tools, and sods; nursery goods, which consist of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ornamental, shade, evergreen trees, field grown and container-grown nursery stock, roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and plant species and cultivars; hardscapes, such as pavers, natural stones, blocks, and other durable materials; and outdoor lighting products that include lighting fixtures, LED lamps, wires, transformers, and accessories. It also offers consultative services consisting of assistance with irrigation project take-offs, commercial project planning, generation of sales leads, business operations, and product support services, as well as a series of technical and business management seminars; and distributes branded products of third parties. The company offers its products under the LESCO, SiteOne Green Tech, and Pro-Trade brand names. It markets its products primarily to residential and commercial landscape professionals who specializes in the design, installation, and maintenance of lawns, gardens, golf courses, and other outdoor spaces through branch network and direct distribution. SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Roswell, Georgia.