DNLM vs. SMWH, PETS, CURY, FRAS, MOON, RDW, JET, TRN, ROO, and SSPG
Should you be buying Dunelm Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dunelm Group include WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Currys (CURY), Frasers Group (FRAS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Redrow (RDW), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), Trainline (TRN), Deliveroo (ROO), and SSP Group (SSPG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
WH Smith (LON:SMWH) and Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Dunelm Group received 256 more outperform votes than WH Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.68% of users gave Dunelm Group an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.
WH Smith has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dunelm Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dunelm Group has a net margin of 8.92% compared to Dunelm Group's net margin of 4.41%. WH Smith's return on equity of 79.51% beat Dunelm Group's return on equity.
89.2% of WH Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of WH Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.6% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WH Smith presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,967.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.47%. Dunelm Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,209, indicating a potential upside of 8.24%. Given Dunelm Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Dunelm Group.
In the previous week, Dunelm Group had 2 more articles in the media than WH Smith. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dunelm Group and 0 mentions for WH Smith. WH Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Dunelm Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Dunelm Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dunelm Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WH Smith. Dunelm Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WH Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WH Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Dunelm Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. WH Smith pays out 4,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dunelm Group pays out 5,890.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Dunelm Group beats WH Smith on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Dunelm Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DNLM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DNLM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis 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 Chart
Dunelm Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools