HEAD vs. UPGS, VCP, LIKE, ULTP, CFX, CHH, SDG, PMP, JLH, and HWDN
Should you be buying Headlam Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headlam Group include UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Victoria (VCP), Likewise Group (LIKE), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Colefax Group (CFX), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Portmeirion Group (PMP), John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Headlam Group vs. Its Competitors
UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) and Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
UP Global Sourcing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Headlam Group. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UP Global Sourcing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UP Global Sourcing has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Headlam Group's net margin of -1.98%. UP Global Sourcing's return on equity of 29.55% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, UP Global Sourcing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Headlam Group'saverage media sentiment score.
UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. UP Global Sourcing pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Headlam Group pays out -65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Headlam Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
UP Global Sourcing beats Headlam Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HEAD) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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