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GBX 75.95 -1.85 (-2.38%)
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CURY vs. FRAS, SPD, DNLM, SMWH, PETS, MOON, APGN, HFD, CARD, 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), Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

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

Currys received 701 more outperform votes than Frasers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Frasers Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Frasers GroupOutperform Votes
13
50.00%
Underperform Votes
13
50.00%
CurrysOutperform Votes
714
77.78%
Underperform Votes
204
22.22%

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%

In the previous week, Currys had 18 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Currys and 3 mentions for Frasers Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Frasers Group's score of -0.16 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Frasers Group
1 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

Frasers Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 630, indicating a potential downside of 12.92%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 84.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. Given Currys' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Currys is more favorable than Frasers Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Frasers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 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

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£5.54B0.59£393.30M£0.90803.89
Currys£8.48B0.10£27M£0.023,797.50

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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Frasers Group beats Currys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CURY vs. The Competition

MetricCurrysSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£858.24M£2.74B£2.36B£1.38B
Dividend Yield5.86%4.01%4.38%11.73%
P/E Ratio3,797.50415.47384.071,551.40
Price / Sales0.1037.55360.04212,370.00
Price / Cash4.8011.7725.1632.93
Price / Book0.4010.663.092.80
Net Income£27M£255.38M£257.93M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-3.80%0.20%-0.92%-0.43%
1 Month Performance-13.25%-3.86%-2.72%7.18%
1 Year Performance56.34%83.37%11.85%91.53%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
1.578 of 5 stars
GBX 75.95
-2.4%
GBX 84.67
+11.5%
+57.6%£858.24M£8.48B3,797.5028,000
FRAS
Frasers Group
0.6958 of 5 stars
GBX 723.50
-1.8%
GBX 630
-12.9%
-14.9%£3.26B£5.54B818.8932,000News Coverage
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AGBX 470
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
2.9171 of 5 stars
GBX 1,114
-1.1%
GBX 1,245
+11.8%
+3.4%£2.25B£1.71B1,524.3211,000
SMWH
WH Smith
1.717 of 5 stars
GBX 1,230
-2.8%
GBX 1,459.67
+18.7%
-4.2%£1.61B£1.86B2,582.6114,935Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Positive News
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.1183 of 5 stars
GBX 276
-1.4%
GBX 368.33
+33.5%
-9.3%£1.26B£1.48B1,747.50210Gap Down
MOON
Moonpig Group
0.6974 of 5 stars
GBX 244
-0.8%
GBX 255
+4.5%
+31.6%£841.56M£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 133.20
-1.9%
GBX 146
+9.6%
-41.4%£290.95M£1.70B1,044.6212,000
CARD
Card Factory
3.6933 of 5 stars
GBX 80.60
-1.0%
GBX 169.50
+110.3%
-27.7%£280.19M£523.90M678.339,075
FDL
Findel
N/AGBX 233
+1.3%
N/A+0.0%£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871News Coverage

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