DNLM vs. SMWH, PETS, CURY, MOON, FRAS, ROO, RDW, SSPG, TRN, and JET
Should you be buying Dunelm Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dunelm Group include WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Currys (CURY), Moonpig Group (MOON), Frasers Group (FRAS), Deliveroo (ROO), Redrow (RDW), SSP Group (SSPG), Trainline (TRN), and Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Dunelm Group (LON:DNLM) and WH Smith (LON:SMWH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Dunelm Group and Dunelm Group both had 1 articles in the media. Dunelm Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled WH Smith'saverage media sentiment score.
50.1% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of WH Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.1% of Dunelm Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of WH Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dunelm Group has a net margin of 8.92% compared to WH Smith's net margin of 3.44%. Dunelm Group's return on equity of 79.51% beat WH Smith's return on equity.
Dunelm Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WH Smith has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dunelm Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,189, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. WH Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 1,967.50, indicating a potential upside of 64.78%. Given WH Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WH Smith is more favorable than Dunelm Group.
Dunelm Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. WH Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Dunelm Group pays out 5,890.4% 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. Dunelm Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dunelm Group received 257 more outperform votes than WH Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Dunelm Group an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave WH Smith an outperform vote.
Dunelm Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WH Smith. Dunelm 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.
Summary
Dunelm Group beats WH Smith on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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