HFD vs. CURY, SMWH, PETS, MOON, APGN, CARD, FDL, STU, SCS, and IGR
Should you be buying Halfords Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halfords Group include Currys (CURY), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), and IG Design Group (IGR). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Halfords Group vs.
Halfords Group (LON:HFD) and Currys (LON:CURY) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Currys received 117 more outperform votes than Halfords Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.68% of users gave Currys an outperform vote while only 66.37% of users gave Halfords Group an outperform vote.
Halfords Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 148.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.12%. Currys has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Currys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Currys is more favorable than Halfords Group.
Currys has higher revenue and earnings than Halfords Group. Currys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halfords Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Currys has a net margin of 2.38% compared to Halfords Group's net margin of 0.85%. Currys' return on equity of 9.53% beat Halfords Group's return on equity.
91.3% of Halfords Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Currys shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Halfords Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Currys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Halfords Group pays out 120.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Currys pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Halfords Group has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Currys had 24 more articles in the media than Halfords Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Currys and 2 mentions for Halfords Group. Halfords Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Currys' score of 0.06 indicating that Halfords Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Currys beats Halfords Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
