DFS Furniture (DFS) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BOY or DFS?

Bodycote has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.60	£59.25M	£33.23	19.83
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.35	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-77.64

Is BOY or DFS 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 8.14% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

Is BOY or DFS a better dividend stock?

Bodycote pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Bodycote pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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

77.7% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BOY or DFS?

Bodycote received 260 more outperform votes than DFS Furniture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.84% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 70.46% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 563 70.46%	Underperform Votes 236 29.54%
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 303 72.84%	Underperform Votes 113 27.16%

Does the media favor BOY or DFS?

In the previous week, Bodycote had 1 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bodycote and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. Bodycote's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that Bodycote is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Positive
DFS Furniture	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BOY or DFS?

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

Do analysts recommend BOY or DFS?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.29%. DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 27.59%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Bodycote.

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

Summary

Bodycote beats DFS Furniture on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.