HFD vs. PETS, MOON, APGN, CARD, FDL, STU, SCS, MRK, IGR, and PROC
Should you be buying Halfords Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halfords Group include Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), IG Design Group (IGR), and ProCook Group (PROC). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
Halfords Group vs. Its Competitors
Halfords Group (LON:HFD) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Halfords Group's net margin of 0.85%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 8.05% beat Halfords Group's return on equity.
Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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. Pets at Home Group pays out 79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Halfords Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 151, suggesting a potential upside of 7.70%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus target price of GBX 273.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Halfords Group.
91.3% of Halfords Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Halfords Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Pets at Home Group shares are held 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.
Halfords Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pets at Home Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Halfords Group. Pets at Home Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halfords Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Halfords Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pets at Home Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Pets at Home Group beats Halfords Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFD) was last updated on 8/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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