IGR vs. HFD, CARD, MOON, MARS, ULTP, YNGN, HEAD, GYM, HSW, and MACF
Should you be buying IG Design Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Design Group include Halfords Group (HFD), Card Factory (CARD), Moonpig Group (MOON), Marston's (MARS), Ultimate Products (ULTP), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Headlam Group (HEAD), The Gym Group (GYM), Hostelworld Group (HSW), and Macfarlane Group (MACF). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
IG Design Group (LON:IGR) and Halfords Group (LON:HFD) 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 risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Halfords Group has higher revenue and earnings than IG Design Group. IG Design Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halfords Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IG Design Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. IG Design Group pays out -3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halfords Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, IG Design Group had 1 more articles in the media than Halfords Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IG Design Group and 0 mentions for Halfords Group. IG Design Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Halfords Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IG Design Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Halfords Group received 400 more outperform votes than IG Design Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave Halfords Group an outperform vote while only 66.23% of users gave IG Design Group an outperform vote.
Halfords Group has a net margin of 1.99% compared to IG Design Group's net margin of -3.30%. Halfords Group's return on equity of 6.08% beat IG Design Group's return on equity.
57.3% of IG Design Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Halfords Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of IG Design Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Halfords Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IG Design Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 295, indicating a potential upside of 68.34%. Given IG Design Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IG Design Group is more favorable than Halfords Group.
IG Design Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halfords Group has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Halfords Group beats IG Design Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get IG Design Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IGR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IGR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
IG Design Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
