CCT vs. HRN, XPF, GYM, TUNE, CFX, CTA, AURR, TENG, LIKE, and ADF
Should you be buying The Character Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Character Group include Hornby (HRN), XP Factory (XPF), The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), Colefax Group (CFX), CT Automotive Group (CTA), Aurrigo International (AURR), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Likewise Group (LIKE), and Facilities by ADF (ADF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
The Character Group (LON:CCT) and Hornby (LON:HRN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Hornby had 2 more articles in the media than The Character Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hornby and 0 mentions for The Character Group. Hornby's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat The Character Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hornby is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hornby received 31 more outperform votes than The Character Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave The Character Group an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Hornby an outperform vote.
The Character Group has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Hornby's net margin of -14.54%. The Character Group's return on equity of 8.94% beat Hornby's return on equity.
The Character Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hornby has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Character Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hornby. Hornby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Character Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
22.5% of The Character Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Hornby shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.6% of The Character Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Hornby shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Character Group beats Hornby on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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