TPK vs. GEN, JHD, FAN, TYMN, HILS, MTO, RHIM, PAGE, HAS, and DATA
Should you be buying Travis Perkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travis Perkins include Genuit Group (GEN), James Halstead (JHD), Volution Group (FAN), Tyman (TYMN), Hill & Smith (HILS), Mitie Group (MTO), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), PageGroup (PAGE), Hays (HAS), and GlobalData (DATA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Genuit Group and Genuit Group both had 1 articles in the media. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.59 indicating that Travis Perkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Genuit Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 863, indicating a potential upside of 12.66%. Given Genuit Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Genuit Group.
Genuit Group has a net margin of 6.56% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.78%. Travis Perkins' return on equity of 6.09% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
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.
83.5% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Genuit Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Travis Perkins shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuit Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Genuit Group beats Travis Perkins on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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