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Coats Group (COA) Competitors

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GBX 75.90 -0.80 (-1.04%)
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COA vs. AIEA, HEIQ, LDSG, KGF, GAW, WTB, ENT, PPB, HWDN, and JD

Should you be buying Coats Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coats Group include AIREA (AIEA), HeiQ (HEIQ), Leeds Group (LDSG), Kingfisher (KGF), Games Workshop Group (GAW), Whitbread (WTB), Entain (ENT), Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), and JD Sports Fashion (JD). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Coats Group vs.

Coats Group (LON:COA) and AIREA (LON:AIEA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Coats Group received 212 more outperform votes than AIREA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave Coats Group an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave AIREA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Coats GroupOutperform Votes
285
76.00%
Underperform Votes
90
24.00%
AIREAOutperform Votes
73
62.93%
Underperform Votes
43
37.07%

Coats Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. AIREA pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Coats Group pays out 67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Coats Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.22%. Given Coats Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coats Group is more favorable than AIREA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coats Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AIREA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Coats Group has a net margin of 8.17% compared to AIREA's net margin of 0.31%. Coats Group's return on equity of 10.67% beat AIREA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coats Group8.17% 10.67% 8.48%
AIREA 0.31%0.39%1.99%

In the previous week, Coats Group had 2 more articles in the media than AIREA. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Coats Group and 0 mentions for AIREA. Coats Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat AIREA's score of 0.00 indicating that Coats Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Coats Group Neutral
AIREA Neutral

Coats Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AIREA has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than AIREA.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coats Group£919.65M1.66£75.12M£2.9825.51
AIREA£20.55M0.51£1.17MN/AN/A

82.5% of Coats Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of AIREA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coats Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.1% of AIREA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Coats Group beats AIREA on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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COA vs. The Competition

MetricCoats GroupTextile Manufacturing IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.52B£767.43M£3.34B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.55%2.89%3.49%5.05%
P/E Ratio25.51235.3589.36129.21
Price / Sales1.66108.2666.58221,406.02
Price / Cash6.974.4131.0728.02
Price / Book2.011.343.733.79
Net Income£75.12M£38.14M£262.99M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-4.53%0.80%0.13%0.63%
1 Month Performance4.98%5.89%29.32%22.11%
1 Year Performance-13.36%-20.26%2,599.02%120.87%

Coats Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COA
Coats Group
3.632 of 5 stars
GBX 75.90
-1.0%
GBX 112.50
+48.2%
-11.1%£1.52B£919.65M25.5115,539News Coverage
AIEA
AIREA
N/AGBX 26
-5.5%
N/A-16.4%£10.03M£20.55M1,300.00116Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HEIQ
HeiQ
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.58M£41.75M-64.29190
LDSG
Leeds Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.71M£19.76M-208.33193
KGF
Kingfisher
1.0996 of 5 stars
GBX 314.40
+0.3%
GBX 300
-4.6%
+17.2%£5.56B£12.28B16.7574,525News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
GAW
Games Workshop Group
N/A£158.30
+1.0%
N/A+64.9%£5.24B£528.22M34.662,700News Coverage
Dividend Cut
WTB
Whitbread
2.0458 of 5 stars
GBX 2,889
+1.7%
GBX 2,860
-1.0%
-7.1%£5.16B£2.90B22.3439,000
ENT
Entain
2.5847 of 5 stars
GBX 767.80
-0.4%
GBX 1,070
+39.4%
+1.5%£4.93B£4.94B-10.4721,212
PPB
Paddy Power Betfair
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.74B£1.87B23.617,901
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
2.6054 of 5 stars
GBX 866
+2.4%
GBX 971.33
+12.2%
-7.0%£4.73B£2.34B18.5612,000
JD
JD Sports Fashion
1.7534 of 5 stars
GBX 91.24
-1.6%
GBX 109.50
+20.0%
-24.9%£4.73B£10.79B912.40385,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:COA) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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