HEAD vs. CHH, ULTP, SDG, VCP, CFX, LIKE, PMP, DFS, YNGN, and IGR
Should you be buying Headlam Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headlam Group include Churchill China (CHH), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Victoria (VCP), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), DFS Furniture (DFS), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and IG Design Group (IGR). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Churchill China (LON:CHH) and Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Churchill China has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headlam Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Churchill China has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Headlam Group. Churchill China is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Headlam Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Churchill China pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Churchill China pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Headlam Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Headlam Group received 53 more outperform votes than Churchill China when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Churchill China an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.
Churchill China has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Churchill China's net margin of 1.17%. Headlam Group's return on equity of 13.24% beat Churchill China's return on equity.
50.9% of Churchill China shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of Headlam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of Churchill China shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Headlam Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Churchill China had 2 more articles in the media than Headlam Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Churchill China and 1 mentions for Headlam Group. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Churchill China's score of 0.07 indicating that Churchill China is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Churchill China beats Headlam Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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