CURY vs. MOON, CARD, HFD, PETS, SMWH, DNLM, CVSG, TIFS, DOCS, and PPH
Should you be buying Currys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Currys include Moonpig Group (MOON), Card Factory (CARD), Halfords Group (HFD), Pets at Home Group (PETS), WH Smith (SMWH), Dunelm Group (DNLM), CVS Group (CVSG), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Dr. Martens (DOCS), and PPHE Hotel Group (PPH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Currys (LON:CURY) and Moonpig Group (LON:MOON) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Currys has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moonpig Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.2% of Currys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Moonpig Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of Currys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Moonpig Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Currys had 25 more articles in the media than Moonpig Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Currys and 0 mentions for Moonpig Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Moonpig Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Currys currently has a consensus target price of GBX 80.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.49%. Moonpig Group has a consensus target price of GBX 231.25, indicating a potential upside of 50.55%. Given Moonpig Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moonpig Group is more favorable than Currys.
Moonpig Group has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Currys' net margin of 0.44%. Currys' return on equity of 2.14% beat Moonpig Group's return on equity.
Currys has higher revenue and earnings than Moonpig Group. Moonpig Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Currys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Currys received 683 more outperform votes than Moonpig Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Moonpig Group an outperform vote while only 77.96% of users gave Currys an outperform vote.
Summary
Currys beats Moonpig Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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