BIG vs. PETS, COST, ELA, BOOT, BMPI, HAST, BILB, HVT, BCAP, and POL
Should you be buying Big Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Technologies include Pets at Home Group (PETS), Costain Group (COST), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Henry Boot (BOOT), BMO Managed Portfolio Trust PLC - Income Shares (BMPI), Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust (HAST), Bilby (BILB), Heavitree Brewery (HVT), Better Capital PCC Limited 2009 (BCAP.L) (BCAP), and Polo Resources (POL). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Big Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Big Technologies (LON:BIG) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Big Technologies currently has a consensus price target of GBX 95.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 232.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.34%. Given Big Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Big Technologies is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.
20.2% of Big Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.2% of Big Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned 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.
Big Technologies has a net margin of 23.01% compared to Pets at Home Group's net margin of 5.36%. Big Technologies' return on equity of 9.67% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.
Big Technologies has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Big Technologies. Big Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pets at Home Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Big Technologies and Big Technologies both had 5 articles in the media. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Big Technologies' score of 0.21 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pets at Home Group beats Big Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BIG) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
