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GBX 124.30 -2.60 (-2.05%)
As of 07/4/2025

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

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

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.

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%

In the previous week, Currys had 50 more articles in the media than Frasers Group. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Currys and 4 mentions for Frasers Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Frasers Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Frasers Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Currys
11 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Frasers Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,200, suggesting a potential upside of 77.38%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 152.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.69%. 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 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£5.26B0.54£365.76M£87.637.72
Currys£8.22B0.16£195.60M£18.226.82

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

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£1.35B£3.19B£3.34B£2.96B
Dividend Yield5.86%4.47%3.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.8223.3971.36147.88
Price / Sales0.1635.4270.99258,917.23
Price / Cash4.8014.9331.1627.97
Price / Book0.6611.993.764.61
Net Income£195.60M£132.07M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.55%-0.71%0.66%1.04%
1 Month Performance1.89%0.90%2.47%4.36%
1 Year Performance66.62%27,374.73%2,651.87%82.36%

Currys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CURY
Currys
3.3497 of 5 stars
GBX 124.30
-2.0%
GBX 152.50
+22.7%
+66.6%£1.35B£8.22B6.8228,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FRAS
Frasers Group
3.1931 of 5 stars
GBX 679
-0.2%
GBX 1,200
+76.7%
-21.5%£2.83B£5.26B7.7532,000Trending News
Gap Up
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
DNLM
Dunelm Group
2.2049 of 5 stars
GBX 1,189
+0.3%
GBX 1,251
+5.2%
+2.8%£2.40B£1.70B15.8311,000Gap Down
SMWH
WH Smith
3.6466 of 5 stars
GBX 1,087
-0.3%
GBX 1,430
+31.6%
-7.2%£1.40B£1.83B22.4214,935Dividend Increase
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.5878 of 5 stars
GBX 260.20
-0.7%
GBX 298.33
+14.7%
-17.0%£1.19B£1.41B15.82210
MOON
Moonpig Group
1.5001 of 5 stars
GBX 225.50
+0.2%
GBX 269.80
+19.6%
+17.2%£767.55M£338.23M22.66730Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
HFD
Halfords Group
1.6077 of 5 stars
GBX 153
-1.3%
GBX 148.50
-2.9%
-1.6%£332.06M£1.69B23.1112,000News Coverage
CARD
Card Factory
4.5437 of 5 stars
GBX 89.25
-1.5%
GBX 169.50
+89.9%
-10.0%£310.59M£526.96M7.579,075Gap 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 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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