HRN vs. CCT, XPF, GYM, TUNE, CFX, TENG, AURR, CTA, MUL, and ADF
Should you be buying Hornby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hornby include The Character Group (CCT), XP Factory (XPF), The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), Colefax Group (CFX), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Aurrigo International (AURR), CT Automotive Group (CTA), Mulberry Group (MUL), and Facilities by ADF (ADF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
The Character Group (LON:CCT) and Hornby (LON:HRN) 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, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
The Character Group has a net margin of 2.85% compared to The Character Group's net margin of -14.54%. Hornby's return on equity of 8.94% beat The Character Group's return on equity.
22.5% of The Character Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Hornby shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.6% of The Character Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Hornby shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Character Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hornby has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hornby received 31 more outperform votes than The Character Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave The Character Group an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Hornby an outperform vote.
The Character Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hornby. Hornby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Character Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Character Group had 2 more articles in the media than Hornby. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Character Group and 1 mentions for Hornby. The Character Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Hornby's score of -0.52 indicating that Hornby is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Character Group beats Hornby on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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