HFD vs. CURY, PETS, MOON, APGN, CARD, FDL, IGR, STU, SCS, and MRK
Should you be buying Halfords Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halfords Group include Currys (CURY), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), and Marks Electrical Group (MRK). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Halfords Group vs.
Halfords Group (LON:HFD) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Currys had 27 more articles in the media than Halfords Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Currys and 0 mentions for Halfords Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Halfords Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Halfords Group has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Currys has a net margin of 1.95% compared to Halfords Group's net margin of 1.00%. Halfords Group's return on equity of 5.22% beat Currys' return on equity.
Currys received 114 more outperform votes than Halfords Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.61% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave Halfords Group an outperform vote.
Halfords Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 146, suggesting a potential upside of 15.32%. Currys has a consensus target price of GBX 84.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.27%. Given Halfords Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Halfords Group is more favorable than Currys.
91.3% of Halfords Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Halfords Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Halfords Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Halfords Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Currys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Halfords Group pays out 6,153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Currys pays out 15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Halfords Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Halfords Group and Currys tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
