DFS vs. VCP, CHH, HEAD, ULTP, SDG, VTU, LGRS, VIC, PINE, and OTB
Should you be buying DFS Furniture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DFS Furniture include Victoria (VCP), Churchill China (CHH), Headlam Group (HEAD), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Vertu Motors (VTU), Loungers (LGRS), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), and On the Beach Group (OTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and Victoria (LON:VCP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DFS Furniture received 54 more outperform votes than Victoria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.88% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Victoria an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Victoria had 4 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Victoria and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. Victoria's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that Victoria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DFS Furniture currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 3.09%. Victoria has a consensus price target of GBX 600, indicating a potential upside of 186.40%. Given Victoria's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria is more favorable than DFS Furniture.
83.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Victoria shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Victoria shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DFS Furniture has a net margin of 2.07% compared to Victoria's net margin of -11.96%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of 7.72% beat Victoria's return on equity.
DFS Furniture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Victoria. Victoria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Victoria on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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