CVSG vs. XPS, MER, PINE, DOCS, CURY, TIFS, PPH, AO, MOON, and THG
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), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Currys (CURY), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), AO World (AO), Moonpig Group (MOON), and THG (THG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) and CVS Group (LON:CVSG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
XPS Pensions Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 263, indicating a potential upside of 3.32%. CVS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,135, indicating a potential upside of 118.75%. Given XPS Pensions Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
84.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of CVS Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVS Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CVS Group had 3 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CVS Group and 0 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of -0.30 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of -0.62 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 8.37% compared to XPS Pensions Group's net margin of 5.51%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 14.19% beat CVS Group's return on equity.
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.
CVS Group received 217 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 70.55% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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 pays out 1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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