Card Factory (CARD) Competitors

Card Factory (LON:CARD) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Is CARD or PETS a better dividend stock?

Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Card Factory pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Card Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CARD or PETS?

Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Card Factory. Card Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pets at Home Group, 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
Card Factory	£526.96M	0.57	£41.04M	£11.79	7.29
Pets at Home Group	£1.41B	0.76	£75.43M	£16.45	14.33

Is CARD or PETS more profitable?

Card Factory has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Pets at Home Group's net margin of 5.36%. Card Factory's return on equity of 13.00% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Card Factory	7.79%	13.00%	7.54%
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CARD or PETS?

54.5% of Card Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Card Factory 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CARD or PETS?

Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more 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.

Does the media refer more to CARD or PETS?

In the previous week, Card Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Pets at Home Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Card Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Card Factory	Positive
Pets at Home Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CARD or PETS?

Card Factory currently has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 115.12%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 298.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.52%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Card Factory	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Card Factory beats Pets at Home Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.