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

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 3.97%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 7.87% beat Henry Boot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henry Boot	3.97%	3.10%	1.71%
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	7.87%	4.66%

Do analysts prefer BOOT or PETS?

Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 368.33, suggesting a potential upside of 77.78%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor BOOT or PETS?

In the previous week, Henry Boot had 2 more articles in the media than Pets at Home Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Henry Boot and 1 mentions for Pets at Home Group. Henry Boot's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Pets at Home Group's score of -1.04 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pets at Home Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Pets at Home Group 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, 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 3.0%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Henry Boot pays out 8,750.0% 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 pays out 8,125.0% 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.

Which has stronger 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	£285.69M	1.08	£11.31M	£0.08	2,875.00
Pets at Home Group	£1.48B	0.64	£79.20M	£0.16	1,294.89

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Henry Boot on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.