TPK vs. GEN, FAN, JHD, TYMN, DATA, RHIM, HAS, SRP, BBY, and PAGE
Should you be buying Travis Perkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travis Perkins include Genuit Group (GEN), Volution Group (FAN), James Halstead (JHD), Tyman (TYMN), GlobalData (DATA), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Hays (HAS), Serco Group (SRP), Balfour Beatty (BBY), and PageGroup (PAGE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Genuit Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Travis Perkins. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travis Perkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genuit Group has a net margin of 6.56% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of 0.78%. Genuit Group's return on equity of 6.09% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Travis Perkins pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genuit Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genuit Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Travis Perkins received 844 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.84% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 72.18% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
74.0% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Genuit Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Travis Perkins and Travis Perkins both had 3 articles in the media. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Travis Perkins' score of -0.08 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travis Perkins presently has a consensus target price of GBX 863, indicating a potential upside of 0.43%. Genuit Group has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 4.58%. Given Genuit Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Genuit Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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