CURY vs. MOON, APGN, HFD, CARD, FDL, IGR, PETS, SMWH, JPJ, and TRS
Should you be buying Currys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Currys include Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), IG Design Group (IGR), Pets at Home Group (PETS), WH Smith (SMWH), JPJ Group (JPJ), and Tarsus Group (TRS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Currys vs.
Moonpig Group (LON:MOON) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Moonpig Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currys. Currys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moonpig Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moonpig Group has a net margin of 8.31% compared to Moonpig Group's net margin of -5.06%. Currys' return on equity of 0.00% beat Moonpig Group's return on equity.
70.9% of Moonpig Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Moonpig Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Currys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Currys received 683 more outperform votes than Moonpig Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Moonpig Group an outperform vote while only 78.08% of users gave Currys an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Currys had 31 more articles in the media than Moonpig Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Currys and 4 mentions for Moonpig Group. Moonpig Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Currys' score of 0.22 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Moonpig Group has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moonpig Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 211, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 53, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Given Currys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Moonpig Group is more favorable than Currys.
Summary
Moonpig Group beats Currys on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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