HEAD vs. CHH, ULTP, SDG, VCP, CFX, LIKE, PMP, DFS, YNGN, and IGR
Should you be buying Headlam Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headlam Group include Churchill China (CHH), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Victoria (VCP), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), DFS Furniture (DFS), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and IG Design Group (IGR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and Churchill China (LON:CHH) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Churchill China pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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. Churchill China pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Churchill China has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Headlam Group. Churchill China 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 has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill China has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Churchill China has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Headlam Group's net margin of 1.17%. Churchill China's return on equity of 13.24% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.
Headlam Group received 53 more outperform votes than Churchill China when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Churchill China an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Churchill China had 2 more articles in the media than Headlam Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Churchill China and 1 mentions for Headlam Group. Churchill China's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Headlam Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Churchill China is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
72.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Churchill China shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Churchill China shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Churchill China beats Headlam Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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