VCP vs. DFS, ULTP, HEAD, UPGS, CHH, SDG, CFX, LIKE, PMP, and JLH
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), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), and John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Victoria (LON:VCP) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
46.2% of Victoria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of Victoria shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 -2.02% beat Victoria's return on equity.
In the previous week, Victoria had 2 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Victoria and 1 mentions for DFS Furniture. Victoria's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that Victoria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Victoria has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DFS Furniture received 55 more outperform votes than Victoria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.95% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Victoria an outperform vote.
Victoria currently has a consensus target price of GBX 600, suggesting a potential upside of 376.19%. DFS Furniture has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential downside of 9.50%. Given Victoria's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Victoria is more favorable than DFS Furniture.
Summary
DFS Furniture beats Victoria on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VCP) was last updated on 10/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
