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GBX 93.15 -0.05 (-0.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:31 PM ET)

CURY vs. FRAS, SPD, DNLM, SMWH, PETS, MOON, APGN, CARD, HFD, and FDL

Should you be buying Currys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Currys include Frasers Group (FRAS), Sports Direct International (SPD), Dunelm Group (DNLM), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Halfords Group (HFD), and Findel (FDL). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Currys vs.

Frasers Group (LON:FRAS) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Currys had 12 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Currys and 5 mentions for Frasers Group. Frasers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Currys' score of -0.04 indicating that Frasers Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Frasers Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Currys
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Frasers Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Frasers Group 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
Frasers Group£5.54B0.51£393.30M£0.90696.17
Currys£8.48B0.12£27M£0.024,657.50

Frasers Group has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

19.7% of Frasers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.2% of Frasers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys 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.

Currys received 699 more outperform votes than Frasers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.69% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Frasers Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Frasers GroupOutperform Votes
15
51.72%
Underperform Votes
14
48.28%
CurrysOutperform Votes
714
77.69%
Underperform Votes
205
22.31%

Frasers Group has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Currys' net margin of 1.95%. Frasers Group's return on equity of 22.54% beat Currys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Frasers Group6.88% 22.54% 7.43%
Currys 1.95%1.36%1.54%

Frasers Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 83.54%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 84.67, indicating a potential downside of 9.11%. Given Frasers Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Frasers Group is more favorable than Currys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Frasers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Frasers Group beats Currys on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CURY vs. The Competition

MetricCurrysSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.05B£3.22B£2.81B£1.68B
Dividend Yield5.86%4.07%3.89%11.86%
P/E Ratio4,657.50392.08341.941,647.28
Price / Sales0.1235.66334.54344,513.94
Price / Cash4.8012.7627.3337.88
Price / Book0.4911.663.262.81
Net Income£27M£265.84M£277.51M£149.14M
7 Day Performance-1.11%-2.94%-1.50%-1.78%
1 Month Performance21.69%-4.28%0.02%15.73%
1 Year Performance82.65%87.44%8.60%26.55%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
0.8784 of 5 stars
GBX 93.15
-0.1%
GBX 84.67
-9.1%
+83.5%£1.05B£8.48B4,657.5028,000High Trading Volume
FRAS
Frasers Group
3.0154 of 5 stars
GBX 612.50
-0.6%
GBX 1,150
+87.8%
-33.2%£2.76B£5.54B677.2232,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AGBX 470
-0.5%
N/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
1.8266 of 5 stars
GBX 1,093
-2.2%
GBX 1,237
+13.2%
-5.9%£2.21B£1.71B1,498.7211,000News Coverage
SMWH
WH Smith
0.897 of 5 stars
GBX 1,191
-1.4%
GBX 1,456.67
+22.3%
-14.3%£1.56B£1.86B2,465.3114,935Gap Up
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.7532 of 5 stars
GBX 219
-2.5%
GBX 368.33
+68.2%
-34.3%£1.00B£1.48B1,368.75210Negative News
MOON
Moonpig Group
1.3716 of 5 stars
GBX 228.45
+2.7%
GBX 258
+12.9%
+33.0%£787.92M£341.14M2,280.00730Gap Up
APGN
Applegreen
N/AGBX 496
flat
N/A+0.0%£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
CARD
Card Factory
3.4108 of 5 stars
GBX 100.40
-2.5%
GBX 169.50
+68.8%
-9.9%£349.02M£523.90M848.339,075
HFD
Halfords Group
0.5853 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
-0.8%
GBX 146
+3.8%
-33.0%£307.11M£1.70B1,090.7712,000
FDL
Findel
N/AGBX 233
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871

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This page (LON:CURY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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