BRBY vs. WOSG, NXT, IHG, SKG, SMDS, MKS, BDEV, ENT, WTB, and BTRW
Should you be buying Burberry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burberry Group include Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), NEXT (NXT), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Entain (ENT), Whitbread (WTB), and Barratt Redrow (BTRW). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Burberry Group vs. Its Competitors
Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) and Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Burberry Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watches of Switzerland Group has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Burberry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Watches of Switzerland Group. Burberry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watches of Switzerland Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Burberry Group had 13 more articles in the media than Watches of Switzerland Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Burberry Group and 0 mentions for Watches of Switzerland Group. Burberry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Watches of Switzerland Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Burberry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burberry Group has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Watches of Switzerland Group's net margin of 3.84%. Burberry Group's return on equity of 23.93% beat Watches of Switzerland Group's return on equity.
57.6% of Burberry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Watches of Switzerland Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Burberry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Watches of Switzerland Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Burberry Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,350, indicating a potential upside of 25.93%. Watches of Switzerland Group has a consensus price target of GBX 512.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.57%. Given Watches of Switzerland Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Watches of Switzerland Group is more favorable than Burberry Group.
Summary
Burberry Group beats Watches of Switzerland Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BRBY) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
