COA vs. AIEA, HEIQ, LDSG, WTB, GAW, PPB, KGF, HWDN, BRBY, 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), Whitbread (WTB), Games Workshop Group (GAW), Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), Kingfisher (KGF), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Burberry Group (BRBY), and JD Sports Fashion (JD). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Coats Group vs. Its Competitors
AIREA (LON:AIEA) and Coats Group (LON:COA) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
10.4% of AIREA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Coats Group shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of AIREA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coats Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Coats Group had 5 more articles in the media than AIREA. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Coats Group and 0 mentions for AIREA. Coats Group's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat AIREA's score of 0.00 indicating that Coats Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AIREA pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Coats Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Coats Group pays out 67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than AIREA.
AIREA has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coats Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coats Group has a consensus target price of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 63.49%. Given Coats Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coats Group is more favorable than AIREA.
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.
Summary
Coats Group beats AIREA on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:COA) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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