Hornby (HRN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TUNE or HRN?

Focusrite received 74 more outperform votes than Hornby when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.72% of users gave Focusrite an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Hornby an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Focusrite	Outperform Votes 201 80.72%	Underperform Votes 48 19.28%
Hornby	Outperform Votes 127 58.26%	Underperform Votes 91 41.74%

Does the media prefer TUNE or HRN?

In the previous week, Hornby had 3 more articles in the media than Focusrite. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hornby and 0 mentions for Focusrite. Focusrite's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hornby's score of -0.28 indicating that Focusrite is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Focusrite	Neutral
Hornby	Neutral

Is TUNE or HRN more profitable?

Focusrite has a net margin of 6.99% compared to Hornby's net margin of -21.45%. Focusrite's return on equity of 10.33% beat Hornby's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Focusrite	6.99%	10.33%	5.84%
Hornby	-21.45%	-40.05%	-7.66%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TUNE or HRN?

52.1% of Focusrite shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Hornby shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of Focusrite shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Hornby 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TUNE or HRN?

Focusrite has higher revenue and earnings than Hornby. Hornby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Focusrite, 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
Focusrite	£169.11M	0.86	£11.82M	£0.20	1,243.50
Hornby	£56.24M	0.67	-£12.06M	-£0.07	-317.14

Which has more risk and volatility, TUNE or HRN?

Focusrite has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hornby has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TUNE or HRN?

Focusrite currently has a consensus target price of GBX 410, suggesting a potential upside of 64.86%. Given Focusrite's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Focusrite is more favorable than Hornby.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Focusrite	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hornby	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Focusrite beats Hornby on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.