SHOE vs. TPT, SDG, BWNG, MRK, MUL, DPP, CCT, SPR, TENG, and CFX
Should you be buying Shoe Zone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shoe Zone include Topps Tiles (TPT), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), N Brown Group (BWNG), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), Mulberry Group (MUL), DP Poland (DPP), The Character Group (CCT), Springfield Properties (SPR), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), and Colefax Group (CFX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Shoe Zone (LON:SHOE) and Topps Tiles (LON:TPT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
23.0% of Shoe Zone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Topps Tiles shares are held by institutional investors. 60.6% of Shoe Zone shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Topps Tiles shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shoe Zone has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Topps Tiles has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shoe Zone has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Topps Tiles. Shoe Zone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topps Tiles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shoe Zone has a net margin of 7.98% compared to Topps Tiles' net margin of 1.22%. Shoe Zone's return on equity of 37.45% beat Topps Tiles' return on equity.
Topps Tiles received 335 more outperform votes than Shoe Zone when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.01% of users gave Topps Tiles an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Shoe Zone an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shoe Zone had 1 more articles in the media than Topps Tiles. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Shoe Zone and 0 mentions for Topps Tiles. Shoe Zone's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Topps Tiles' score of 0.00 indicating that Shoe Zone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Topps Tiles has a consensus price target of GBX 70, suggesting a potential upside of 59.64%. Given Topps Tiles' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Topps Tiles is more favorable than Shoe Zone.
Shoe Zone pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Topps Tiles pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Shoe Zone pays out 5,357.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Topps Tiles pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Shoe Zone beats Topps Tiles on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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