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Card Factory (CARD) Competitors

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GBX 81.40 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 07:22 AM ET)

CARD vs. CURY, MOON, APGN, HFD, FDL, IGR, STU, SCS, MRK, and PROC

Should you be buying Card Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Card Factory include Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), and ProCook Group (PROC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Card Factory vs.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

Card Factory has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Currys' net margin of 1.95%. Card Factory's return on equity of 13.65% beat Currys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Card Factory7.79% 13.65% 7.54%
Currys 1.95%1.36%1.54%

Currys received 344 more outperform votes than Card Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 74.30% of users gave Card Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Card FactoryOutperform Votes
370
74.30%
Underperform Votes
128
25.70%
CurrysOutperform Votes
714
77.78%
Underperform Votes
204
22.22%

54.5% of Card Factory shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Card Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Card Factory pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Currys pays out 15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Card Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Card Factory presently has a consensus price target of GBX 169.50, indicating a potential upside of 108.23%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 84.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Currys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Card Factory
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Card Factory has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Card Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Currys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Card Factory£523.90M0.54£40.80M£0.12678.33
Currys£8.48B0.10£27M£0.023,819.95

In the previous week, Currys had 19 more articles in the media than Card Factory. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Currys and 2 mentions for Card Factory. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Card Factory's score of -0.15 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Card Factory
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Currys
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Card Factory beats Currys on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CARD vs. The Competition

MetricCard FactorySpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£282.97M£2.74B£2.37B£1.39B
Dividend Yield6.16%4.01%4.38%11.73%
P/E Ratio678.33415.17384.051,551.34
Price / Sales0.5437.69360.14209,137.85
Price / Cash28.4411.7725.1632.93
Price / Book0.9010.663.082.80
Net Income£40.80M£255.38M£257.93M£152.70M
7 Day Performance1.24%0.38%-0.94%-0.51%
1 Month Performance-8.02%-3.74%-2.75%7.08%
1 Year Performance-27.71%83.50%11.82%91.78%

Card Factory Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARD
Card Factory
3.6933 of 5 stars
GBX 81.40
flat
GBX 169.50
+108.2%
-27.7%£282.97M£523.90M678.339,075
CURY
Currys
1.578 of 5 stars
GBX 76.40
-1.8%
GBX 84.67
+10.8%
+57.6%£863.31M£8.48B3,797.5028,000
MOON
Moonpig Group
0.6974 of 5 stars
GBX 244.50
-0.6%
GBX 255
+4.3%
+31.6%£843.28M£341.14M2,460.00730
APGN
Applegreen
N/AGBX 496
flat
N/A+0.0%£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
HFD
Halfords Group
0.4244 of 5 stars
GBX 131.80
-2.9%
GBX 146
+10.8%
-41.4%£287.89M£1.70B1,044.6212,000
FDL
Findel
N/AGBX 233
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871News Coverage
IGR
IG Design Group
N/AGBX 125.65
-0.7%
GBX 270
+114.9%
-13.8%£119.72M£800.05M451.793,092
STU
Studio Retail Group
N/AGBX 115
flat
N/AN/A£100.07M£586.13M4.061,610
SCS
ScS Group
N/AGBX 270
flat
N/A+3.8%£91.53M£325.86M2,250.0011,800
MRK
Marks Electrical Group
1.5859 of 5 stars
GBX 50.50
+1.0%
GBX 100
+98.0%
-43.9%£52.87M£114.26M1,613.00200
PROC
ProCook Group
N/AGBX 33.60
-0.6%
GBX 48
+42.9%
+33.0%£36.61M£62.59M3,360.00578

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This page (LON:CARD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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