FAN vs. TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, SUR, NXR, SRAD, ECEL, KGP, and EPWN
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), Sureserve Group (SUR), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Kingspan Group (KGP), and Epwin Group (EPWN). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Volution Group vs.
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) 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 earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Volution Group and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Volution Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Travis Perkins received 486 more outperform votes than Volution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.08% of users gave Volution Group an outperform vote while only 72.20% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
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 target price of GBX 900, suggesting a potential upside of 55.71%. Volution Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 21.74%. Given Travis Perkins' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Volution Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volution Group pays out 36.8% 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.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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