Headlam Group (HEAD) Competitors

Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) 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 valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate HEAD or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 27.59%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Headlam Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Headlam Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer HEAD or DFS?

In the previous week, Headlam Group had 1 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Headlam Group and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Headlam Group's score of -0.06 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, HEAD or DFS?

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
Headlam Group	£612.99M	0.15	-£12.12M	-£15.33	-7.47
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.35	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-77.64

Is HEAD or DFS 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 -1.90% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Headlam Group	-1.98%	-5.80%	-1.18%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

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

74.7% of Headlam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HEAD or DFS a better dividend stock?

Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Headlam Group pays out -65.2% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, HEAD or DFS?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HEAD or DFS?

DFS Furniture received 136 more outperform votes than Headlam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 303 72.84%	Underperform Votes 113 27.16%

Summary

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