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LON:PETS

Pets at Home Group - PETS Competitors

GBX 363.94
+3.74 (+1.04%)
(As of 03/27/2023 04:51 PM ET)
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Today's Range
358.40
366
50-Day Range
325
392.80
52-Week Range
254.80
398.40
Volume
505,631 shs
Average Volume
1.47 million shs
Market Capitalization
£1.76 billion
P/E Ratio
1,654.27
Dividend Yield
3.30%
Price Target
GBX 365

PETS vs. SMWH, FOUR, DNLM, SPD, THG, ASC, BOO, APGN, FRAS, and PTEC

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), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Dunelm Group (DNLM), Sports Direct International (SPD), THG (THG), ASOS (ASC), boohoo group (BOO), Applegreen (APGN), Frasers Group (FRAS), and Playtech (PTEC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Pets at Home Group vs.

WH Smith (LON:SMWH) and Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Pets at Home Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WH Smith£1.40 billion1.35£47 million£0.344,230.88
Pets at Home Group£1.37 billion1.29£112.20 million£0.221,660.00

WH Smith received 50 more outperform votes than Pets at Home Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.44% of users gave Pets at Home Group an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WH SmithOutperform Votes
473
62.32%
Underperform Votes
286
37.68%
Pets at Home GroupOutperform Votes
423
73.44%
Underperform Votes
153
26.56%

In the previous week, Pets at Home Group had 4 more articles in the media than WH Smith. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pets at Home Group and 0 mentions for WH Smith. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat WH Smith's score of 0.00 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
WH Smith Neutral
Pets at Home Group Neutral

Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 8.20% compared to WH Smith's net margin of 3.36%. WH Smith's return on equity of 21.46% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WH Smith 3.36% 21.46% 4.73%
Pets at Home Group 8.20% 11.05% 4.63%

81.6% of WH Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of WH Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

WH Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. WH Smith pays out 2,647.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pets at Home Group pays out 5,454.5% 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 has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WH Smith currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,873, suggesting a potential upside of 30.21%. Pets at Home Group has a consensus price target of GBX 365, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given WH Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WH Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Pets at Home Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

WH Smith beats Pets at Home Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PETS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PETS vs. The Competition

MetricPets at Home GroupSpecialty Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.76B£2.36B£1.89B£1.35B
Dividend Yield3.37%6.11%4.64%13.09%
P/E Ratio1,660.00486.57419.791,565.39
Price / Sales1.2946.34133.5446,155.56
Price / Cash9.3510.9422.9532.64
Price / Book1.782.402.282.86
Net Income£112.20M£158.67M£251.19M£166.31M
7 Day Performance4.62%0.54%5.55%4.42%
1 Month Performance-6.32%0.73%-1.30%-4.37%
1 Year Performance-6.12%-13.21%-9.18%86.39%

Pets at Home Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMWH
WH Smith
1.5209 of 5 stars
GBX 1,470.50
+0.3%
GBX 1,873
+27.4%
-2.1%£1.93B£1.40B4,325.0011,000Dividend Cut
FOUR
4imprint Group
1.9563 of 5 stars
GBX 4,930
-3.1%
GBX 5,550
+12.6%
+72.7%£1.38B£1.14B2,004.071,308Positive News
Gap Up
DNLM
Dunelm Group
1.6855 of 5 stars
GBX 1,164
+1.0%
GBX 1,290
+10.8%
+2.7%£2.35B£1.62B1,594.5211,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
0 of 5 stars
GBX 470
-0.5%
N/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500News Coverage
High Trading Volume
THG
THG
0 of 5 stars
GBX 62.34
+6.8%
GBX 450
+621.8%
-27.3%£810.42M£2.30B-445.296,676
ASC
ASOS
0 of 5 stars
GBX 777
+2.2%
GBX 996.82
+28.3%
-52.0%£777.16M£3.94B-2,775.003,126
BOO
boohoo group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 53.86
+3.7%
GBX 64.56
+19.9%
-37.6%£684.02M£1.89B-1,795.333,621Positive News
Gap Up
APGN
Applegreen
0 of 5 stars
GBX 496
flat
N/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145News Coverage
FRAS
Frasers Group
1.527 of 5 stars
GBX 760
+0.3%
GBX 900
+18.4%
+11.1%£3.60B£5.15B1,245.9025,000
PTEC
Playtech
2.0569 of 5 stars
GBX 549
-0.5%
GBX 685.50
+24.9%
-15.4%£1.68B£1.54B533.016,600Analyst Report
This page (LON:PETS) was last updated on 3/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff