HRN vs. CCT, XPF, GYM, TUNE, TENG, CFX, BWNG, MUL, SDG, and CTA
Should you be buying Hornby stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hornby include The Character Group (CCT), XP Factory (XPF), The Gym Group (GYM), Focusrite (TUNE), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Colefax Group (CFX), N Brown Group (BWNG), Mulberry Group (MUL), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), and CT Automotive Group (CTA). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
The Character Group has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Hornby's net margin of -14.54%. The Character Group's return on equity of 8.94% beat Hornby's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hornby had 1 more articles in the media than The Character Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hornby and 1 mentions for The Character Group. Hornby's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat The Character Group's score of -1.19 indicating that Hornby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hornby has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Character Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
82.1% of Hornby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of The Character Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Hornby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of The Character Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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