HFD vs. CURY, MOON, APGN, CARD, FDL, IGR, STU, SCS, MRK, and PROC
Should you be buying Halfords Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halfords Group include Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), and ProCook Group (PROC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Halfords Group vs.
Currys (LON:CURY) and Halfords Group (LON:HFD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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 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. Halfords Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Currys received 114 more outperform votes than Halfords Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave Halfords Group an outperform vote.
Currys presently has a consensus price target of GBX 84.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.83%. Halfords Group has a consensus price target of GBX 146, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. Given Currys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Currys is more favorable than Halfords Group.
In the previous week, Currys had 20 more articles in the media than Halfords Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Currys and 0 mentions for Halfords Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Halfords Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Currys has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halfords Group has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Halfords Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Halfords Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Halfords Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Currys beats Halfords Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
