Henry Boot (BOOT) Competitors

Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group received 265 more outperform votes than Henry Boot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave Pets at Home Group an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Henry Boot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henry Boot	Outperform Votes 168 65.12%	Underperform Votes 90 34.88%
Pets at Home Group	Outperform Votes 433 73.27%	Underperform Votes 158 26.73%

Does the media prefer BOOT or PETS?

In the previous week, Henry Boot and Henry Boot both had 1 articles in the media. Henry Boot's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Pets at Home Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Henry Boot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henry Boot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pets at Home Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BOOT or PETS?

Henry Boot has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BOOT or PETS a better dividend stock?

Henry Boot pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Henry Boot pays out 83.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pets at Home Group pays out 79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pets at Home Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 298.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.60%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Henry Boot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henry Boot	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BOOT or PETS more profitable?

Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Henry Boot's net margin of 3.96%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 8.05% beat Henry Boot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henry Boot	3.96%	2.79%	1.71%
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henry Boot. Pets at Home Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Boot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henry Boot	£286.51M	0.99	£11.36M	£8.41	25.21
Pets at Home Group	£1.41B	0.76	£75.43M	£16.45	14.21

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BOOT or PETS?

15.7% of Henry Boot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.5% of Henry Boot shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Henry Boot on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.