Hornby (HRN) Competitors

Hornby (LON:HRN) and Gfinity (LON:GFIN) 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 institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Does the media refer more to HRN or GFIN?

In the previous week, Hornby's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gfinity'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hornby	Neutral
Gfinity	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, HRN or GFIN?

Hornby has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gfinity has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HRN or GFIN?

82.1% of Hornby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Gfinity shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Hornby shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.4% of Gfinity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HRN or GFIN?

Hornby received 50 more outperform votes than Gfinity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Gfinity an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Hornby an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hornby	Outperform Votes 127 58.26%	Underperform Votes 91 41.74%
Gfinity	Outperform Votes 77 64.71%	Underperform Votes 42 35.29%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HRN or GFIN?

Gfinity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hornby.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hornby	£56.24M	0.02	-£12.06M	-£7.10	-0.07
Gfinity	£1.64M	1.56	-£6.22M	N/A	N/A

Is HRN or GFIN more profitable?

Gfinity has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hornby's net margin of -21.45%. Hornby's return on equity of -42.97% beat Gfinity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hornby	-21.45%	-42.97%	-7.66%
Gfinity	N/A	-151.80%	-14.79%

Summary

Hornby beats Gfinity on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.