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Card Factory (CARD) Competitors

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GBX 82.08
+0.08 (+0.10%)
(As of 08:36 AM ET)

CARD vs. CURY, MOON, APGN, HFD, FDL, IGR, STU, SCS, MRK, and PROC

Should you be buying Card Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Card Factory include Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), and ProCook Group (PROC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Card Factory vs.

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

Card Factory has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Currys. Card Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Currys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Currys£8.48B0.11£27M£0.024,092.50
Card Factory£523.90M0.54£40.80M£0.12684.00

Card Factory has a net margin of 7.79% compared to Currys' net margin of 1.95%. Card Factory's return on equity of 13.65% beat Currys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Currys1.95% 1.36% 1.54%
Card Factory 7.79%13.65%7.54%

In the previous week, Currys had 19 more articles in the media than Card Factory. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Currys and 7 mentions for Card Factory. Card Factory's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Currys' score of -0.30 indicating that Card Factory is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Currys
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Card Factory
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Card Factory has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Currys received 344 more outperform votes than Card Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 74.30% of users gave Card Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CurrysOutperform Votes
714
77.78%
Underperform Votes
204
22.22%
Card FactoryOutperform Votes
370
74.30%
Underperform Votes
128
25.70%

Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Card Factory pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Currys pays out 15,000.0% 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 pays out 5,000.0% 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.

Currys currently has a consensus target price of GBX 81, indicating a potential downside of 1.04%. Card Factory has a consensus target price of GBX 169.50, indicating a potential upside of 106.51%. Given Card Factory's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Card Factory is more favorable than Currys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Card Factory
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Card Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Card Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Card Factory beats Currys on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CARD vs. The Competition

MetricCard FactorySpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£285.34M£2.67B£2.40B£1.40B
Dividend Yield6.16%3.92%4.37%11.72%
P/E Ratio684.00429.58388.961,565.44
Price / Sales0.5438.71377.54213,411.20
Price / Cash28.4411.7725.1432.92
Price / Book0.9110.853.162.86
Net Income£40.80M£255.38M£257.98M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-9.70%-0.98%-0.28%4.71%
1 Month Performance-15.99%-0.08%-1.26%4.89%
1 Year Performance-19.53%91.46%14.80%18.26%

Card Factory Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CARD
Card Factory
4.0613 of 5 stars
GBX 82.08
+0.1%
GBX 169.50
+106.5%
-20.8%£285.34M£523.90M684.009,075
CURY
Currys
0.9019 of 5 stars
GBX 83.65
-1.8%
GBX 81
-3.2%
+72.5%£945.25M£8.48B4,182.5028,000Gap Up
MOON
Moonpig Group
0.3908 of 5 stars
GBX 250
-1.0%
GBX 253.75
+1.5%
+50.4%£862.25M£341.14M2,500.00730
APGN
Applegreen
N/AGBX 496
flat
N/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
HFD
Halfords Group
0.6759 of 5 stars
GBX 166
-1.3%
GBX 146
-12.0%
-27.3%£362.59M£1.70B1,276.9212,000
FDL
Findel
N/AGBX 233
+1.3%
N/AN/A£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871
IGR
IG Design Group
3.2924 of 5 stars
GBX 149
+4.6%
GBX 270
+81.2%
+0.0%£141.97M£800.05M532.143,092
STU
Studio Retail Group
N/AGBX 115
flat
N/AN/A£100.07M£586.13M4.061,610
SCS
ScS Group
N/AGBX 270
flat
N/A+0.0%£91.53M£325.86M2,250.0011,800
MRK
Marks Electrical Group
1.6669 of 5 stars
GBX 57.50
flat
GBX 100
+73.9%
-35.4%£60.20M£114.26M1,613.00200
PROC
ProCook Group
2.1667 of 5 stars
GBX 30.87
+6.4%
GBX 48
+55.5%
+60.8%£33.63M£62.59M3,086.70578Gap Up
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This page (LON:CARD) was last updated on 11/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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