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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BOOT or PETS?

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

Do analysts recommend BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group has a consensus target price of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 44.19%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group received 264 more outperform votes than Henry Boot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.47% 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 432 73.47%	Underperform Votes 156 26.53%

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 better earnings and valuation, 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	0.98	£11.36M	£8.41	24.98
Pets at Home Group	£1.41B	0.76	£75.43M	£16.45	14.33

Which has more risk & volatility, BOOT or PETS?

Henry Boot has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock 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 5.5%. 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.

Does the media refer more to BOOT or PETS?

In the previous week, Henry Boot had 6 more articles in the media than Pets at Home Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Henry Boot and 2 mentions for Pets at Home Group. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Henry Boot's score of 0.70 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henry Boot	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pets at Home Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Henry Boot on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.