COST vs. PETS, ELA, BOOT, BIG, BMPI, HAST, BILB, HVT, BCAP, and POL
Should you be buying Costain Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costain Group include Pets at Home Group (PETS), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), Big Technologies (BIG), BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC - Income Shares (BMPI), Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust (HAST), Bilby (BILB), Heavitree Brewery (HVT), Better Capital PCC Limited 2009 (BCAP.L) (BCAP), and Polo Resources (POL). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Costain Group vs.
Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and Costain Group (LON:COST) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Costain Group received 30 more outperform votes than Pets at Home Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.03% of users gave Costain Group an outperform vote while only 73.27% of users gave Pets at Home Group an outperform vote.
Pets at Home Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 298.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.90%. Costain Group has a consensus target price of GBX 105, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Costain Group.
Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Costain Group's net margin of 2.33%. Costain Group's return on equity of 13.56% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.
72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Costain Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Costain Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Costain Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Costain Group pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 10 more articles in the media than Costain Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 1 mentions for Costain Group. Costain Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Pets at Home Group's score of -0.26 indicating that Costain Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Costain Group. Costain Group 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.
Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costain Group has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pets at Home Group beats Costain Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:COST) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff