Henry Boot (BOOT) Competitors

Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and Henry Boot (LON:BOOT) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer PETS or BOOT?

Pets at Home Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 273.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.70%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Henry Boot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Henry Boot	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PETS or BOOT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pets at Home Group	£1.48B	0.68	£75.43M	£0.19	1,194.68
Henry Boot	£328.38M	0.86	£11.36M	£0.17	1,247.06

Is PETS or BOOT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%
Henry Boot	3.96%	2.79%	1.71%

Which has more volatility and risk, PETS or BOOT?

Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henry Boot has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PETS or BOOT a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pets at Home Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henry Boot pays out 44.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to PETS or BOOT?

In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 1 more articles in the media than Henry Boot. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 0 mentions for Henry Boot. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Henry Boot's score of 0.00 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pets at Home Group	Positive
Henry Boot	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PETS or BOOT?

62.1% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of Henry Boot shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Henry Boot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Henry Boot on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.