FAN vs. TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, ECEL, and KGP
Should you be buying Volution Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Volution Group include Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), Eurocell (ECEL), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Volution Group vs. Its Competitors
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Volution Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins 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, Travis Perkins had 1 more articles in the media than Volution Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Travis Perkins and 0 mentions for Volution Group. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Volution Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Travis Perkins is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Travis Perkins pays out -30.1% 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. Travis Perkins is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
56.3% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Travis Perkins 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volution Group has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. Volution Group's return on equity of 17.78% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.
Travis Perkins currently has a consensus price target of GBX 660, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Volution Group has a consensus price target of GBX 740, suggesting a potential upside of 20.72%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Volution Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% 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 Travis Perkins on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:FAN) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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