CARD vs. PETS, SMWH, MOON, APGN, HFD, FDL, STU, SCS, IGR, and MRK
Should you be buying Card Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Card Factory include Pets at Home Group (PETS), WH Smith (SMWH), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Findel (FDL), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), IG Design Group (IGR), and Marks Electrical Group (MRK). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Card Factory vs. Its Competitors
Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and Card Factory (LON:CARD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.1% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Card Factory shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Card Factory shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Card Factory. Card Factory 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, Card Factory had 3 more articles in the media than Pets at Home Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Card Factory and 4 mentions for Pets at Home Group. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Card Factory's score of 0.32 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 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. Card Factory pays out 39.0% 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.
Pets at Home Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 232.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Card Factory has a consensus price target of GBX 148.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.08%. Given Card Factory's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.
Card Factory has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Pets at Home Group's net margin of 5.36%. Card Factory's return on equity of 13.00% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.
Summary
Pets at Home Group and Card Factory tied by winning 9 of the 18 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:CARD) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
