DFS Furniture (DFS) Competitors

DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DFS or BOY?

81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bodycote 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.

Is DFS or BOY a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. DFS Furniture pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bodycote pays out 6,969.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer DFS or BOY?

DFS Furniture currently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential downside of 15.49%. Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.39%. Given Bodycote's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than DFS Furniture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer DFS or BOY?

In the previous week, DFS Furniture had 9 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DFS Furniture and 1 mentions for Bodycote. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.39 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bodycote	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DFS or BOY more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -0.45%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.46% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-2.02%	3.00%
Bodycote	8.01%	8.46%	6.41%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DFS or BOY?

Bodycote has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, 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
DFS Furniture	£987.10M	0.34	-£4.70M	-£0.02	-7,100.00
Bodycote	£781.40M	1.52	£62.60M	£0.33	1,963.61

Which has more risk and volatility, DFS or BOY?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DFS or BOY?

Bodycote received 261 more outperform votes than DFS Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 70.46% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.77%	Underperform Votes 113 27.23%
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 563 70.46%	Underperform Votes 236 29.54%

Summary

Bodycote beats DFS Furniture on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.