DFS vs. VCP, ULTP, HEAD, CHH, SDG, OTB, VIC, VTU, LGRS, and GLE
Should you be buying DFS Furniture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DFS Furniture include Victoria (VCP), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), On the Beach Group (OTB), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Vertu Motors (VTU), Loungers (LGRS), and MJ Gleeson (GLE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and Victoria (LON:VCP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
DFS Furniture received 54 more outperform votes than Victoria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.88% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Victoria an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DFS Furniture had 1 more articles in the media than Victoria. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for DFS Furniture and 0 mentions for Victoria. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Victoria's score of 0.00 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DFS Furniture presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Victoria has a consensus price target of GBX 600, indicating a potential upside of 192.68%. Given Victoria's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria is more favorable than DFS Furniture.
DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
84.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Victoria shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Victoria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DFS Furniture has a net margin of 2.07% compared to Victoria's net margin of -11.96%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of 7.72% beat Victoria's return on equity.
DFS Furniture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Victoria. Victoria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Victoria on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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