DFS vs. TRST, BOY, MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, RM, SBSI, CFX, and OFG
Should you be buying DFS Furniture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DFS Furniture include Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Colefax Group (CFX), and Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
DFS Furniture vs. Its Competitors
Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
Trustpilot Group has a net margin of 9.02% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -0.45%. Trustpilot Group's return on equity of 29.53% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.
78.2% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Trustpilot Group had 4 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Trustpilot Group and 3 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Trustpilot Group's score of 0.19 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trustpilot Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trustpilot Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 310, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 233, suggesting a potential upside of 33.52%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Trustpilot Group.
Trustpilot Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trustpilot Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Trustpilot Group on 8 of the 15 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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This page (LON:DFS) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
