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Currys (CURY) Competitors

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GBX 115 -1.10 (-0.95%)
As of 07/25/2025 12:04 PM Eastern

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. Its Competitors

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

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

Frasers Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Currys£8.22B0.15£195.60M£18.226.31
Frasers Group£5.26B0.54£365.76M£87.637.80

In the previous week, Currys had 39 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Currys and 1 mentions for Frasers Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Frasers Group's score of -0.22 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Currys
11 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Frasers Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Currys2.38% 9.53% 1.54%
Frasers Group 6.95%21.74%7.43%

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

Currys currently has a consensus target price of GBX 151.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.88%. Frasers Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,200, suggesting a potential upside of 75.65%. 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
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Frasers Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Frasers Group beats Currys on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£1.25B£3.34B£3.54B£3.02B
Dividend Yield5.86%4.46%3.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.3123.9570.70160.65
Price / Sales0.1535.4070.78278,114.42
Price / Cash4.8014.9331.1627.97
Price / Book0.6111.833.714.70
Net Income£195.60M£132.07M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.04%1.02%0.82%0.36%
1 Month Performance-4.33%1.11%2.78%7.05%
1 Year Performance39.99%5.44%17.83%73.19%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
4.2426 of 5 stars
GBX 115
-0.9%
GBX 151.67
+31.9%
+45.3%£1.25B£8.22B6.3128,000Trending News
Insider Trade
FRAS
Frasers Group
2.842 of 5 stars
GBX 682.50
-0.4%
GBX 1,200
+75.8%
-20.6%£2.84B£5.26B7.7932,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
2.2941 of 5 stars
GBX 1,180
-1.2%
GBX 1,316
+11.5%
+0.5%£2.38B£1.70B15.7111,000Analyst Forecast
SMWH
WH Smith
2.5384 of 5 stars
GBX 1,075
+0.7%
GBX 1,430
+33.0%
-14.7%£1.38B£1.83B22.1814,935Dividend Increase
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.0624 of 5 stars
GBX 242.37
-0.4%
GBX 298.33
+23.1%
-18.4%£1.11B£1.41B14.73210
MOON
Moonpig Group
2.2387 of 5 stars
GBX 215
-1.1%
GBX 274.75
+27.8%
+2.1%£731.81M£338.23M21.61730Dividend Announcement
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145News Coverage
HFD
Halfords Group
0.7535 of 5 stars
GBX 142
-1.0%
GBX 151
+6.3%
+2.6%£308.18M£1.69B21.4512,000
CARD
Card Factory
4.443 of 5 stars
GBX 87.82
-0.8%
GBX 185
+110.6%
-21.2%£305.63M£526.96M7.459,075Gap Up
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 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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