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Currys (CURY) Competitors

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GBX 135.20 -1.10 (-0.81%)
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CURY vs. FRAS, SPD, DNLM, PETS, SMWH, MOON, APGN, CARD, HFD, and FDL

Should you be buying Currys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Currys include Frasers Group (FRAS), Sports Direct International (SPD), Dunelm Group (DNLM), Pets at Home Group (PETS), WH Smith (SMWH), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Halfords Group (HFD), and Findel (FDL). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Currys vs. Its Competitors

Frasers Group (LON:FRAS) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, Currys had 63 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Currys and 0 mentions for Frasers Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Frasers Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Frasers Group Neutral
Currys Neutral

Frasers Group has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Frasers Group has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Currys' net margin of 2.38%. Frasers Group's return on equity of 21.74% beat Currys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Frasers Group6.95% 21.74% 7.43%
Currys 2.38%9.53%1.54%

Frasers Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Frasers Group 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
Frasers Group£4.93B0.61£365.76M£0.681,024.44
Currys£8.71B0.17£195.60M£0.101,423.12

16.8% of Frasers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.8% of Frasers Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Frasers Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 59.07%. Currys has a consensus target price of GBX 151.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Given Frasers Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Frasers Group is more favorable than Currys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Frasers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Frasers Group beats Currys on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CURY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CURY vs. The Competition

MetricCurrysSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.45B£4.18B£3.92B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.14%4.01%3.53%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,423.12553.68517.155,410.66
Price / Sales0.1731.54251.4596,691.07
Price / Cash4.8014.9331.1627.93
Price / Book0.7211.123.567.76
Net Income£195.60M£132.07M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.05%0.41%0.17%6.49%
1 Month Performance20.17%-0.19%0.92%56.20%
1 Year Performance74.33%182.87%35.64%148.15%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
2.4321 of 5 stars
GBX 135.20
-0.8%
GBX 151.67
+12.2%
+79.4%£1.45B£8.71B1,423.1228,000Trending News
Buyback Announcement
FRAS
Frasers Group
N/AGBX 652
-2.6%
GBX 1,100
+68.7%
-13.4%£2.82B£4.93B965.9332,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
3.4313 of 5 stars
GBX 1,153
-3.6%
GBX 1,342
+16.4%
-9.3%£2.32B£1.73B1,541.4411,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.5353 of 5 stars
GBX 220.20
-2.4%
GBX 273.33
+24.1%
-24.7%£993.30M£1.48B1,171.28210
SMWH
WH Smith
2.7845 of 5 stars
GBX 675.50
-1.5%
GBX 1,178.20
+74.4%
-49.3%£841.40M£1.94B15,011.1114,935Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
MOON
Moonpig Group
2.3037 of 5 stars
GBX 193.60
-1.8%
GBX 274.75
+41.9%
-0.7%£632.96M£350.07M-6,050.00730Dividend Announcement
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
CARD
Card Factory
3.3003 of 5 stars
GBX 99.30
-3.2%
GBX 148.33
+49.4%
-14.6%£348.68M£542.50M724.829,075Gap Down
HFD
Halfords Group
N/AGBX 135.40
-0.9%
GBX 151
+11.5%
-6.9%£295.01M£1.72B-879.2212,000Negative News
FDL
Findel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871

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