BOOT vs. PETS, ELA, COST, BIG, BMPI, HAST, BILB, HVT, BCAP, and POL
Should you be buying Henry Boot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henry Boot include Pets at Home Group (PETS), Eland Oil & Gas (ELA), Costain Group (COST), Big Technologies (BIG), 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.
Henry Boot vs. Its Competitors
Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henry Boot. Pets at Home Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henry Boot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henry Boot has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% 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.
In the previous week, Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Henry Boot's score of 0.80 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
23.7% of Henry Boot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Henry Boot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Henry Boot's net margin of 3.96%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 8.05% beat Henry Boot's return on equity.
Henry Boot currently has a consensus target price of GBX 262, suggesting a potential upside of 17.12%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus target price of GBX 232.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Given Henry Boot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Henry Boot is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.
Henry Boot pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henry Boot pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pets at Home Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Pets at Home Group beats Henry Boot on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BOOT) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
