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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
WH Smith beats Pets at Home Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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