CVSG vs. XPS, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, GAW, INCH, RPC, and BWY
Should you be buying CVS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVS Group include XPS Pensions Group (XPS), Mears Group (MER), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Games Workshop Group (GAW), Inchcape (INCH), RPC Group (RPC), and Bellway (BWY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
72.1% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 1 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 2 mentions for CVS Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of 0.46 indicating that CVS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CVS Group received 218 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.32% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.61% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
CVS Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CVS Group pays out 1,632.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. XPS Pensions Group pays out 12,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CVS Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,135, indicating a potential upside of 84.37%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus price target of GBX 286.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.24%. Given CVS Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
CVS Group has higher revenue and earnings than XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPS Pensions Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 8.37% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 5.51%. CVS Group's return on equity of 14.19% beat XPS Pensions Group's return on equity.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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