Card Factory (CARD) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CARD or PETS?

54.5% of Card Factory shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Card Factory shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CARD or PETS?

Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CARD or PETS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Card Factory	£526.96M	0.59	£41.04M	£11.79	7.54
Pets at Home Group	£1.41B	0.82	£75.43M	£16.45	15.28

Is CARD or PETS a better dividend stock?

Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Card Factory pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pets at Home Group pays out 79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Card Factory is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CARD or PETS?

Card Factory presently has a consensus price target of GBX 169.50, indicating a potential upside of 90.66%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 298.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Card Factory	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CARD or PETS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Card Factory	7.79%	13.00%	7.54%
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%

Does the media favor CARD or PETS?

In the previous week, Card Factory had 3 more articles in the media than Pets at Home Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Card Factory and 0 mentions for Pets at Home Group. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Card Factory's score of -0.33 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Card Factory	Neutral
Pets at Home Group	Positive

Summary

Card Factory beats Pets at Home Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.