CCT vs. HRN, XPF, GYM, CFX, TENG, AURR, ADF, CTA, VARE, and LIKE
Should you be buying The Character Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Character Group include Hornby (HRN), XP Factory (XPF), The Gym Group (GYM), Colefax Group (CFX), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Aurrigo International (AURR), Facilities by ADF (ADF), CT Automotive Group (CTA), Various Eateries (VARE), and Likewise Group (LIKE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Hornby (LON:HRN) and The Character Group (LON:CCT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
The Character Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hornby. Hornby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Character Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hornby has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Character Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Character Group had 1 more articles in the media than Hornby. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Character Group and 1 mentions for Hornby. The Character Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hornby's score of -0.41 indicating that Hornby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.1% of Hornby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of The Character Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Hornby shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of The Character Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Character Group has a net margin of 2.85% compared to The Character Group's net margin of -14.54%. Hornby's return on equity of 8.94% beat The Character Group's return on equity.
Hornby received 31 more outperform votes than The Character Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.61% of users gave The Character Group an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Hornby an outperform vote.
Summary
The Character Group beats Hornby on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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