DFS Furniture (DFS) Competitors

DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, DFS or TRST?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Trustpilot Group. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DFS Furniture	£1.05B	0.26	£17.90M	£0.08	1,458.40
Trustpilot Group	£176.36M	5.28	£7.11M	£0.03	7,450.00

Which has more volatility and risk, DFS or TRST?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trustpilot Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DFS or TRST?

DFS Furniture presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. Trustpilot Group has a consensus price target of GBX 260, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Given Trustpilot Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trustpilot Group is more favorable than DFS Furniture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Trustpilot Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DFS or TRST?

DFS Furniture received 278 more outperform votes than Trustpilot Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Trustpilot Group an outperform vote while only 72.95% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.95%	Underperform Votes 112 27.05%
Trustpilot Group	Outperform Votes 24 75.00%	Underperform Votes 8 25.00%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DFS or TRST?

81.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Trustpilot Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor DFS or TRST?

In the previous week, Trustpilot Group had 3 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Trustpilot Group and 4 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Trustpilot Group's score of 0.28 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Trustpilot Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DFS or TRST more profitable?

Trustpilot Group has a net margin of 4.03% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of 2.07%. Trustpilot Group's return on equity of 13.05% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	2.07%	7.72%	4.14%
Trustpilot Group	4.03%	13.05%	-0.27%

Summary

DFS Furniture and Trustpilot Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.