DFS Furniture (DFS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRST or DFS?

78.2% of Trustpilot Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Trustpilot Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TRST or DFS?

In the previous week, Trustpilot Group had 1 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Trustpilot Group and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Trustpilot Group's score of 0.59 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trustpilot Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DFS Furniture	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRST or DFS?

DFS Furniture received 278 more outperform votes than Trustpilot Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Trustpilot Group an outperform vote while only 72.77% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trustpilot Group	Outperform Votes 24 75.00%	Underperform Votes 8 25.00%
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.77%	Underperform Votes 113 27.23%

Which has more volatility & risk, TRST or DFS?

Trustpilot Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRST or DFS?

Trustpilot Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 260, indicating a potential downside of 15.58%. DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential downside of 15.13%. Given DFS Furniture's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Trustpilot Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trustpilot Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, TRST or DFS?

Trustpilot Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustpilot 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
Trustpilot Group	£191.59M	6.68	£17.28M	£0.03	10,266.67
DFS Furniture	£987.10M	0.34	-£4.70M	-£0.02	-7,070.00

Is TRST or DFS more profitable?

Trustpilot Group has a net margin of 9.02% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -0.45%. Trustpilot Group's return on equity of 33.38% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trustpilot Group	9.02%	33.38%	1.45%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-2.02%	3.00%

Summary

Trustpilot Group beats DFS Furniture on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.