PETS vs. SMWH, DNLM, CURY, MOON, CARD, FRAS, COA, MAB, DOM, and TRN
Should you be buying Pets at Home Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pets at Home Group include WH Smith (SMWH), Dunelm Group (DNLM), Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Card Factory (CARD), Frasers Group (FRAS), Coats Group (COA), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), and Trainline (TRN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Pets at Home Group (LON:PETS) and WH Smith (LON:SMWH) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Pets at Home Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WH Smith. Pets at Home Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WH Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pets at Home Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WH Smith has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WH Smith had 1 more articles in the media than Pets at Home Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for WH Smith and 0 mentions for Pets at Home Group. Pets at Home Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat WH Smith's score of 0.35 indicating that Pets at Home Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pets at Home Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 407.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.11%. WH Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 1,967.50, indicating a potential upside of 77.73%. Given WH Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Pets at Home Group.
Pets at Home Group has a net margin of 5.71% compared to WH Smith's net margin of 3.44%. WH Smith's return on equity of 22.29% beat Pets at Home Group's return on equity.
WH Smith received 45 more outperform votes than Pets at Home Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.50% of users gave Pets at Home Group an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.
73.4% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of WH Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Pets at Home Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of WH Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pets at Home Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. WH Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pets at Home Group pays out 8,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WH Smith pays out 6,530.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
WH Smith beats Pets at Home Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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