Dixons Carphone (LON:DC) Vs. ECM, MERL, FUTR, RMG, ITV, GFS, DPLM, HBR, GRG, and HAS
Should you be buying Dixons Carphone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dixons Carphone include Electrocomponents (ECM), Merlin Entertainments (MERL), Future (FUTR), Royal Mail (RMG), ITV (ITV), G4S (GFS), Diploma (DPLM), Harbour Energy (HBR), Greggs (GRG), and Hays (HAS). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail, other" industry.These companies are all part of the "specialty retail, other" industry.These companies are all part of the "services" sector.
Dixons Carphone vs.
Dixons Carphone (LON:DC) and Merlin Entertainments (LON:MERL) are both services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Merlin Entertainments' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Dixons Carphone's score of 0.00 indicating that Merlin Entertainments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dixons Carphone pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Merlin Entertainments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Dixons Carphone pays out 300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Merlin Entertainments pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Dixons Carphone received 7 more outperform votes than Merlin Entertainments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.46% of users gave Dixons Carphone an outperform vote while only 77.20% of users gave Merlin Entertainments an outperform vote.
Dixons Carphone presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 9.67%.
Merlin Entertainments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dixons Carphone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dixons Carphone beats Merlin Entertainments on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia 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.
Skip ChartDixons Carphone (LON:DC) vs. Its Competitors
Dixons Carphone Competitors List
