FRAS vs. SPD, DNLM, SMWH, PETS, CURY, APGN, MOON, CARD, HFD, and IGR
Should you be buying Frasers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frasers Group include Sports Direct International (SPD), Dunelm Group (DNLM), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Currys (CURY), Applegreen (APGN), Moonpig Group (MOON), Card Factory (CARD), Halfords Group (HFD), and IG Design Group (IGR). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Frasers Group (LON:FRAS) and Sports Direct International (LON:SPD) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Frasers Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sports Direct International. Sports Direct International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frasers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.4% of Frasers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.2% of Frasers Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frasers Group has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Sports Direct International's net margin of 0.00%. Frasers Group's return on equity of 34.63% beat Sports Direct International's return on equity.
Frasers Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 630, indicating a potential downside of 28.53%. Given Frasers Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Frasers Group is more favorable than Sports Direct International.
In the previous week, Frasers Group had 3 more articles in the media than Sports Direct International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Frasers Group and 0 mentions for Sports Direct International. Frasers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Sports Direct International's score of 0.00 indicating that Frasers Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sports Direct International received 530 more outperform votes than Frasers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.75% of users gave Sports Direct International an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave Frasers Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Frasers Group beats Sports Direct International on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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