SMWH vs. DNLM, PETS, CURY, MOON, FRAS, TRN, SSPG, CCL, ROO, and MAB
Should you be buying WH Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WH Smith include Dunelm Group (DNLM), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Frasers Group (FRAS), Trainline (TRN), SSP Group (SSPG), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Deliveroo (ROO), and Mitchells & Butlers (MAB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
WH Smith (LON:SMWH) and Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
WH Smith currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,967.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.59%. Dunelm Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,189, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Given WH Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Dunelm Group.
88.6% of WH Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of WH Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dunelm Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WH Smith. Dunelm 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Dunelm Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Dunelm Group pays out 5,890.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, WH Smith had 6 more articles in the media than Dunelm Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WH Smith and 2 mentions for Dunelm Group. WH Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Dunelm Group's score of -0.19 indicating that WH Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WH Smith has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dunelm Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dunelm Group has a net margin of 8.92% compared to WH Smith's net margin of 4.41%. Dunelm Group's return on equity of 79.51% beat WH Smith's return on equity.
Dunelm Group received 257 more outperform votes than WH Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Dunelm Group an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.
Summary
WH Smith and Dunelm Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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