HEAD vs. DFS, ULTP, VCP, UPGS, CHH, SDG, CFX, LIKE, PMP, and JLH
Should you be buying Headlam Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headlam Group include DFS Furniture (DFS), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Victoria (VCP), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), and John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Headlam Group vs.
Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Headlam Group pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out -20,000.0% 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.
74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Headlam Group. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Headlam Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DFS Furniture received 135 more outperform votes than Headlam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.95% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.
DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 120, indicating a potential downside of 11.11%. Given DFS Furniture's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Headlam Group.
In the previous week, DFS Furniture had 2 more articles in the media than Headlam Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DFS Furniture and 2 mentions for Headlam Group. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.39 indicating that Headlam Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DFS Furniture has a net margin of -0.45% compared to Headlam Group's net margin of -1.98%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of -2.02% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.
Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% 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.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Headlam Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HEAD) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
