Headlam Group (HEAD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture received 135 more outperform votes than Headlam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.77%	Underperform Votes 113 27.23%
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%

Do analysts prefer DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential downside of 17.24%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Headlam Group.

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
Headlam Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DFS or HEAD?

In the previous week, DFS Furniture had 9 more articles in the media than Headlam Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for DFS Furniture and 2 mentions for Headlam Group. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.39 indicating that Headlam Group 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Headlam Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DFS or HEAD a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. DFS Furniture pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Headlam Group pays out -6,666.7% 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 institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DFS or HEAD?

81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by 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.

Is DFS or HEAD more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-2.02%	3.00%
Headlam Group	-1.98%	-5.81%	-1.18%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DFS or HEAD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DFS Furniture	£987.10M	0.34	-£4.70M	-£0.02	-7,250.00
Headlam Group	£617.20M	0.18	-£12.20M	-£0.15	-930.00

Summary

DFS Furniture beats Headlam Group on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.