CVS Group (CVSG) Competitors

CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,370, indicating a potential upside of 90.21%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus price target of GBX 396.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
XPS Pensions Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor CVSG or XPS?

In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 1 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVS Group	Neutral
XPS Pensions Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group received 213 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.31% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVS Group	Outperform Votes 335 70.68%	Underperform Votes 139 29.32%
XPS Pensions Group	Outperform Votes 122 75.31%	Underperform Votes 40 24.69%

Is CVSG or XPS a better dividend stock?

CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CVS Group pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% 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. XPS Pensions Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CVSG or XPS?

70.2% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVSG or XPS more profitable?

XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 128.13% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.20%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 156.24% beat CVS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVS Group	3.20%	7.86%	5.03%
XPS Pensions Group	128.13%	156.24%	7.60%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CVSG or XPS?

XPS Pensions Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVS Group	£646.77M	1.38	£20.68M	£28.88	43.14
XPS Pensions Group	£199.97M	4.15	£256.22M	£124.54	3.23

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.