COA vs. HEIQ, AIEA, LDSG, SMDS, TW, WTB, BKG, PSN, HWDN, and KGF
Should you be buying Coats Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coats Group include HeiQ (HEIQ), AIREA (AIEA), Leeds Group (LDSG), DS Smith (SMDS), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Whitbread (WTB), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), and Kingfisher (KGF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Coats Group (LON:COA) and HeiQ (LON:HEIQ) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Coats Group received 284 more outperform votes than HeiQ when rated by MarketBeat users.
82.4% of Coats Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.4% of HeiQ shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coats Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.2% of HeiQ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coats Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HeiQ has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coats Group has a net margin of 6.41% compared to HeiQ's net margin of -32.54%. Coats Group's return on equity of 18.91% beat HeiQ's return on equity.
In the previous week, Coats Group had 13 more articles in the media than HeiQ. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coats Group and 2 mentions for HeiQ. HeiQ's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Coats Group's score of 0.30 indicating that HeiQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coats Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 111.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. Given Coats Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coats Group is more favorable than HeiQ.
Coats Group has higher revenue and earnings than HeiQ. HeiQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coats Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Coats Group beats HeiQ on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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