Pets at Home Group (PETS) Competitors

Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and Signature Aviation (LON:SIG) are both retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate PETS or SIG?

Pets at Home Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 232.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%. Given Pets at Home Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pets at Home Group is more favorable than Signature Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pets at Home Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Signature Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor PETS or SIG?

In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 3 more articles in the media than Signature Aviation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 1 mentions for Signature Aviation. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Signature Aviation's score of 0.00 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pets at Home Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signature Aviation	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PETS or SIG more profitable?

Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Signature Aviation's net margin of 0.00%. Pets at Home Group's return on equity of 8.05% beat Signature Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pets at Home Group	5.36%	8.05%	4.66%
Signature Aviation	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PETS or SIG?

Pets at Home Group has higher revenue and earnings than Signature Aviation. Signature Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pets at Home Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pets at Home Group	£1.48B	0.65	£75.43M	£0.19	1,141.49
Signature Aviation	£1.41B	0.00	N/A	-£0.80	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PETS or SIG?

62.1% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pets at Home Group beats Signature Aviation on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.