FAN vs. TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, ALU, 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), Eurocell (ECEL), The Alumasc Group (ALU), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Volution Group vs. Its Competitors
Volution Group (LON:FAN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Travis Perkins had 1 more articles in the media than Volution Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Travis Perkins and 3 mentions for Volution Group. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Travis Perkins' score of -0.30 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Volution Group pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% 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.
Volution Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Volution Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 740, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Travis Perkins has a consensus price target of GBX 660, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Volution Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
84.6% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Volution Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:FAN) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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