VCP vs. DFS, ULTP, HEAD, CHH, SDG, GLE, VIC, OTB, MACF, and FSTA
Should you be buying Victoria stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria include DFS Furniture (DFS), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), On the Beach Group (OTB), Macfarlane Group (MACF), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) and Victoria (LON:VCP) 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 profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
84.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Victoria shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Victoria shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DFS Furniture received 54 more outperform votes than Victoria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.88% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Victoria an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DFS Furniture had 1 more articles in the media than Victoria. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for DFS Furniture and 0 mentions for Victoria. Victoria's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DFS Furniture presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Victoria has a consensus price target of GBX 600, suggesting a potential upside of 192.68%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria is more favorable than DFS Furniture.
DFS Furniture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Victoria. Victoria is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DFS Furniture has a net margin of 2.07% compared to DFS Furniture's net margin of -11.96%. Victoria's return on equity of 7.72% beat DFS Furniture's return on equity.
DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Victoria on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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