PMP vs. HEAD, CHH, UPGS, SDG, CFX, LIKE, JLH, HWDN, DFS, and VCP
Should you be buying Portmeirion Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portmeirion Group include Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DFS Furniture (DFS), and Victoria (VCP). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Portmeirion Group (LON:PMP) and Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Headlam Group has a net margin of 1.17% compared to Portmeirion Group's net margin of -8.23%. Headlam Group's return on equity of 3.46% beat Portmeirion Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Portmeirion Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Headlam Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Portmeirion Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headlam Group has higher revenue and earnings than Portmeirion Group. Portmeirion Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Headlam Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Headlam Group received 30 more outperform votes than Portmeirion Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.35% of users gave Portmeirion Group an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.
Portmeirion Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Portmeirion Group pays out -983.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Headlam Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
24.2% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. 35.9% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Headlam Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Headlam Group beats Portmeirion Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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