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GBX 127.40 +2.80 (+2.25%)
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CURY vs. FRAS, SPD, DNLM, SMWH, PETS, MOON, APGN, HFD, CARD, 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), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), and Findel (FDL). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Currys vs.

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

In the previous week, Currys had 38 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Currys and 0 mentions for Frasers Group. Frasers Group's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Currys' score of 0.03 indicating that Frasers Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Frasers Group Neutral
Currys Neutral

Frasers Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Currys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frasers Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Frasers Group£5.26B0.56£365.76M£87.638.07
Currys£8.22B0.17£195.60M£18.226.91

Frasers Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,200, suggesting a potential upside of 69.73%. Currys has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 7.21%. Given Frasers Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Currys received 702 more outperform votes than Frasers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.68% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Frasers Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Frasers GroupOutperform Votes
15
51.72%
Underperform Votes
14
48.28%
CurrysOutperform Votes
717
77.68%
Underperform Votes
206
22.32%

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%

19.7% of Frasers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.2% of Frasers Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Frasers Group beats Currys on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CURY vs. The Competition

MetricCurrysSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.37B£3.12B£3.34B£2.66B
Dividend Yield5.86%4.34%3.49%5.05%
P/E Ratio6.9122.4489.48134.20
Price / Sales0.1735.0766.84215,719.11
Price / Cash4.8014.8031.0728.02
Price / Book0.6713.213.743.79
Net Income£195.60M£134.10M£262.99M£5.88B
7 Day Performance3.81%0.56%-0.04%0.55%
1 Month Performance25.04%8.20%29.14%22.01%
1 Year Performance76.60%26,395.30%2,598.79%118.75%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
2.0469 of 5 stars
GBX 127.40
+2.2%
GBX 135
+6.0%
+75.5%£1.38B£8.22B6.9928,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FRAS
Frasers Group
2.6773 of 5 stars
GBX 696
flat
GBX 1,200
+72.4%
-13.1%£2.90B£5.26B7.9432,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
2.167 of 5 stars
GBX 1,147
+0.4%
GBX 1,251
+9.1%
+10.5%£2.31B£1.70B15.2711,000Positive News
SMWH
WH Smith
3.3918 of 5 stars
GBX 1,005
+1.2%
GBX 1,456.67
+44.9%
-11.8%£1.29B£1.83B20.7314,935News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.7234 of 5 stars
GBX 250.20
-0.6%
GBX 298.33
+19.2%
-13.7%£1.14B£1.41B15.21210News Coverage
Positive News
MOON
Moonpig Group
0.3182 of 5 stars
GBX 237.50
+1.7%
GBX 269.80
+13.6%
+59.9%£808.40M£338.23M23.87730Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
HFD
Halfords Group
0.9492 of 5 stars
GBX 162.40
+1.4%
GBX 148.50
-8.6%
+9.9%£352.46M£1.69B24.5312,000News Coverage
Positive News
CARD
Card Factory
4.1421 of 5 stars
GBX 92.90
+1.1%
GBX 169.50
+82.5%
-6.7%£323.30M£526.96M7.889,075
FDL
Findel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871

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