PETS vs. SMWH, DNLM, CURY, MOON, CARD, HFD, FRAS, DOM, COA, and AML
Should you be buying Pets at Home Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pets at Home Group include WH Smith (SMWH), Dunelm Group (DNLM), Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Card Factory (CARD), Halfords Group (HFD), Frasers Group (FRAS), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Coats Group (COA), and Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and WH Smith (LON:SMWH) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 2 more articles in the media than WH Smith. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 4 mentions for WH Smith. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat WH Smith's score of -0.07 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.71% compared to WH Smith's net margin of 4.41%. WH Smith's return on equity of 27.04% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.
Pets at Home Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WH Smith. Pets at Home Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WH Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WH Smith has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pets at Home Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 407.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.83%. WH Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 1,967.50, suggesting a potential upside of 65.87%. Given WH Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.
WH Smith received 45 more outperform votes than Pets at Home Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.50% of users gave Pets at Home Group an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.
Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. WH Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Pets at Home Group pays out 8,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WH Smith pays out 4,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
73.4% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of WH Smith shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Pets at Home Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of WH Smith shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
WH Smith beats Pets at Home Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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