CARD vs. CURY, SMWH, PETS, MOON, APGN, HFD, FDL, STU, SCS, and MRK
Should you be buying Card Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Card Factory include Currys (CURY), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Findel (FDL), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), and Marks Electrical Group (MRK). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Card Factory vs.
Card Factory (LON:CARD) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
54.5% of Card Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of Card Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Card Factory presently has a consensus price target of GBX 169.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.61%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 112.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Currys.
In the previous week, Currys had 47 more articles in the media than Card Factory. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Currys and 2 mentions for Card Factory. Card Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Currys' score of 0.15 indicating that Card Factory is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Card Factory has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Currys' net margin of 2.38%. Card Factory's return on equity of 13.00% beat Currys' return on equity.
Currys has higher revenue and earnings than Card Factory. Currys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Card Factory, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Currys received 346 more outperform votes than Card Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.66% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 74.30% of users gave Card Factory an outperform vote.
Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Card Factory pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Currys pays out 16.5% 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
Card Factory beats Currys on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CARD) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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