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Halfords Group (HFD) Competitors

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GBX 149 -0.60 (-0.40%)
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HFD vs. CURY, PETS, MOON, APGN, CARD, FDL, STU, SCS, IGR, and MRK

Should you be buying Halfords Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Halfords Group include Currys (CURY), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Applegreen (APGN), Card Factory (CARD), Findel (FDL), Studio Retail Group (STU), ScS Group (SCS), IG Design Group (IGR), and Marks Electrical Group (MRK). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.

Halfords Group vs. Its Competitors

Halfords Group (LON:HFD) and Currys (LON:CURY) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Currys had 57 more articles in the media than Halfords Group. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Currys and 2 mentions for Halfords Group. Halfords Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Currys' score of 0.38 indicating that Halfords Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Halfords Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Currys
12 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Halfords Group0.85% 2.61% 2.68%
Currys 2.38%9.53%1.54%

Halfords Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 148.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 152.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.02%. Given Currys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Currys is more favorable than Halfords Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Halfords Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Currys
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Currys pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. Currys pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Halfords Group£1.69B0.19£14.31M£6.6222.51
Currys£8.22B0.16£195.60M£18.226.49

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Summary

Currys beats Halfords Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This 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.
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HFD vs. The Competition

MetricHalfords GroupSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£323.38M£3.21B£3.34B£2.96B
Dividend Yield5.68%4.46%3.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio22.5123.5471.50147.41
Price / Sales0.1935.1371.27240,143.55
Price / Cash5.2414.9331.1627.97
Price / Book0.5911.793.744.54
Net Income£14.31M£132.07M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-5.24%-1.02%0.40%1.27%
1 Month Performance-13.37%0.81%2.49%4.62%
1 Year Performance-1.97%27,374.78%2,652.19%82.58%

Halfords Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFD
Halfords Group
1.4461 of 5 stars
GBX 149
-0.4%
GBX 148.50
-0.3%
-1.6%£323.38M£1.69B22.5112,000Positive News
CURY
Currys
4.0221 of 5 stars
GBX 122.29
+0.5%
GBX 135
+10.4%
+66.6%£1.33B£8.22B6.7128,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PETS
Pets at Home Group
2.5857 of 5 stars
GBX 262.18
+0.1%
GBX 298.33
+13.8%
-17.0%£1.20B£1.41B15.94210Positive News
MOON
Moonpig Group
2.4483 of 5 stars
GBX 225.64
+0.3%
GBX 269.80
+19.6%
+14.9%£768.03M£338.23M22.68730Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145
CARD
Card Factory
4.6169 of 5 stars
GBX 89
-1.8%
GBX 169.50
+90.4%
-10.0%£309.72M£526.96M7.559,075Gap Up
FDL
Findel
N/AN/AN/AN/A£201.41M£506.81M8.631,871
STU
Studio Retail Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£100.07M£586.13M4.061,610
SCS
ScS Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£91.53M£325.86M2,250.0011,800
IGR
IG Design Group
N/AGBX 82
-2.4%
GBX 270
+229.3%
-60.4%£80.47M£655.48M2.783,092
MRK
Marks Electrical Group
0.8053 of 5 stars
GBX 63
+5.0%
GBX 73
+15.9%
-14.1%£66.12M£114.24M154.87200Gap Down

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