Headlam Group (HEAD) Competitors

UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) and Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, UPGS or HEAD?

UP Global Sourcing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Headlam Group. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UP Global Sourcing, 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
UP Global Sourcing	£156.05M	0.00	£12.03M	£0.14	N/A
Headlam Group	£612.99M	0.12	-£12.12M	-£15.33	-5.98

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UPGS or HEAD?

32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor UPGS or HEAD?

In the previous week, Headlam Group had 4 more articles in the media than UP Global Sourcing. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Headlam Group and 0 mentions for UP Global Sourcing. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat UP Global Sourcing's score of 0.00 indicating that Headlam Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
UP Global Sourcing	Neutral
Headlam Group	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, UPGS or HEAD?

UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UPGS or HEAD more profitable?

UP Global Sourcing has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Headlam Group's net margin of -1.98%. UP Global Sourcing's return on equity of 29.55% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UP Global Sourcing	7.71%	29.55%	9.19%
Headlam Group	-1.98%	-5.80%	-1.18%

Is UPGS or HEAD a better dividend stock?

UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. UP Global Sourcing pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Headlam Group pays out -65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Headlam Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UPGS or HEAD?

Headlam Group received 112 more outperform votes than UP Global Sourcing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote while only 51.89% of users gave UP Global Sourcing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UP Global Sourcing	Outperform Votes 55 51.89%	Underperform Votes 51 48.11%
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%

Summary

UP Global Sourcing and Headlam Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.