COD vs. FAN, TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, and ECEL
Should you be buying Compagnie de Saint-Gobain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain include Volution Group (FAN), Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Eurocell (ECEL). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain vs. Its Competitors
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
47.8% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Volution Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volution Group has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Volution Group is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volution Group pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Volution Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volution Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 2 more articles in the media than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Volution Group and 1 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's score of 0.00 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Volution Group has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's net margin of 6.20%. Volution Group's return on equity of 17.78% beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Volution Group beats Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:COD) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff