Victoria (VCP) Competitors

Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and Victoria (LON:VCP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HEAD or VCP?

74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Victoria shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Victoria shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor HEAD or VCP?

In the previous week, Headlam Group had 1 more articles in the media than Victoria. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Headlam Group and 0 mentions for Victoria. Victoria's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Headlam Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Victoria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Headlam Group	Neutral
Victoria	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HEAD or VCP?

Headlam Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Victoria. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria, 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
Headlam Group	£617.20M	0.18	-£12.20M	-£0.15	-900.00
Victoria	£1.27B	0.05	-£108M	-£0.94	-58.30

Do analysts prefer HEAD or VCP?

Victoria has a consensus price target of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 210.22%. Given Victoria's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria is more favorable than Headlam Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Headlam Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Victoria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is HEAD or VCP more profitable?

Headlam Group has a net margin of -1.98% compared to Victoria's net margin of -8.48%. Headlam Group's return on equity of -5.81% beat Victoria's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Headlam Group	-1.98%	-5.81%	-1.18%
Victoria	-8.48%	-223.14%	1.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, HEAD or VCP?

Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HEAD or VCP?

Victoria received 81 more outperform votes than Headlam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.05% of users gave Victoria an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%
Victoria	Outperform Votes 248 60.05%	Underperform Votes 165 39.95%

Summary

Victoria beats Headlam Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.