Pets at Home Group (PETS) Competitors

Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and Signature Aviation (LON:SIG) are both retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is PETS or SIG more profitable?

Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Signature Aviation's net margin of 0.00%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 8.05% beat Signature Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%
Signature Aviation	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PETS or SIG?

72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PETS or SIG?

In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 11 more articles in the media than Signature Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 0 mentions for Signature Aviation. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Signature Aviation's score of 0.00 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pets at Home Group	Neutral
Signature Aviation	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PETS or SIG?

Pets at Home Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 273.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.16%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Signature Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Signature Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PETS or SIG?

Pets at Home Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Signature Aviation. Signature Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pets at Home 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
Pets at Home Group	£1.41B	0.73	£75.43M	£16.45	13.71
Signature Aviation	£1.41B	0.00	N/A	-£0.80	N/A

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Signature Aviation on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.