CARD vs. CURY, PETS, MOON, APGN, HFD, FDL, IGR, STU, SCS, and MRK
Should you be buying Card Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Card Factory include Currys (CURY), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), and Marks Electrical Group (MRK). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.
In the previous week, Currys had 14 more articles in the media than Card Factory. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Currys and 3 mentions for Card Factory. Currys' average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat Card Factory's score of -0.30 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Card Factory currently has a consensus target price of GBX 169.50, indicating a potential upside of 74.92%. Currys has a consensus target price of GBX 84.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.11%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Currys.
Currys received 344 more outperform votes than Card Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.69% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 74.30% of users gave Card Factory an outperform vote.
Summary
Card Factory beats Currys on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CARD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
