COA vs. HEIQ, AIEA, LDSG, WTB, SMDS, TW, HWDN, BDEV, KGF, and PPB
Should you be buying Coats Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coats Group include HeiQ (HEIQ), AIREA (AIEA), Leeds Group (LDSG), Whitbread (WTB), DS Smith (SMDS), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Kingfisher (KGF), and Paddy Power Betfair (PPB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Coats Group (LON:COA) and HeiQ (LON:HEIQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Coats Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 102.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.41%. Given Coats Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Coats Group is more favorable than HeiQ.
Coats Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HeiQ has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coats Group has a net margin of 4.05% compared to HeiQ's net margin of -32.54%. Coats Group's return on equity of 16.26% beat HeiQ's return on equity.
In the previous week, Coats Group had 4 more articles in the media than HeiQ. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coats Group and 0 mentions for HeiQ. Coats Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat HeiQ's score of 0.00 indicating that Coats Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than HeiQ. HeiQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coats Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.9% of Coats Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of HeiQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coats Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.2% of HeiQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coats Group received 282 more outperform votes than HeiQ when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Coats Group beats HeiQ on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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