Headlam Group (HEAD) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DFS or HEAD?

81.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Headlam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Headlam Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than Headlam Group. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, 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	0.27	£17.90M	£0.08	1,487.50
Headlam Group	£656.50M	0.18	£7.70M	£0.10	1,465.00

Is DFS or HEAD a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. DFS Furniture 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 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is DFS or HEAD more profitable?

DFS Furniture has a net margin of 2.07% compared to Headlam Group's net margin of 1.17%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of 7.72% beat Headlam Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	2.07%	7.72%	4.14%
Headlam Group	1.17%	3.46%	2.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture received 135 more outperform votes than Headlam Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.95% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 302 72.95%	Underperform Votes 112 27.05%
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%

Does the media refer more to DFS or HEAD?

In the previous week, Headlam Group had 2 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Headlam Group and 4 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Headlam Group's score of 0.15 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
Headlam Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DFS or HEAD?

DFS Furniture presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 0.84%. Given DFS Furniture's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than Headlam Group.

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
Headlam Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

DFS Furniture beats Headlam Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.