MOON vs. CURY, HFD, CARD, PETS, SMWH, DNLM, AO, BOWL, PPH, and XPS
Should you be buying Moonpig Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moonpig Group include Currys (CURY), Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), Pets at Home Group (PETS), WH Smith (SMWH), Dunelm Group (DNLM), AO World (AO), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), and XPS Pensions Group (XPS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Moonpig Group (LON:MOON) and Currys (LON:CURY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Currys had 46 more articles in the media than Moonpig Group. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Currys and 3 mentions for Moonpig Group. Currys' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Moonpig Group's score of -0.20 indicating that Currys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Currys has higher revenue and earnings than Moonpig Group. Currys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moonpig Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moonpig Group has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Currys' net margin of 0.44%. Currys' return on equity of 2.14% beat Moonpig Group's return on equity.
Moonpig Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currys has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moonpig Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 231.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.14%. Currys has a consensus price target of GBX 80.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.84%. Given Moonpig Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Moonpig Group is more favorable than Currys.
77.1% of Moonpig Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Currys shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Moonpig Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of Currys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Currys received 683 more outperform votes than Moonpig Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Moonpig Group an outperform vote while only 77.96% of users gave Currys an outperform vote.
Summary
Moonpig Group and Currys tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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