VCP vs. DFS, UPGS, HEAD, CHH, LIKE, ULTP, CFX, SDG, PMP, and JLH
Should you be buying Victoria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria include DFS Furniture (DFS), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), Likewise Group (LIKE), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Colefax Group (CFX), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Portmeirion Group (PMP), and John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Victoria vs. Its Competitors
Victoria (LON:VCP) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.
Victoria has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DFS Furniture has a net margin of -0.45% compared to Victoria's net margin of -8.48%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of -1.90% beat Victoria's return on equity.
In the previous week, Victoria and Victoria both had 1 articles in the media. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Victoria's score of 0.00 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Victoria currently has a consensus price target of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 124.27%. DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 233, indicating a potential upside of 41.41%. Given Victoria's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Victoria is more favorable than DFS Furniture.
45.1% of Victoria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.4% of Victoria shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DFS Furniture has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Victoria. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Victoria on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:VCP) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
