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Volution Group (FAN) Competitors

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GBX 592.95 +1.95 (+0.33%)
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FAN vs. TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, EPWN, and ALU

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), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), and The Alumasc Group (ALU). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volution Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 18.05%. Travis Perkins has a consensus price target of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.29%. Given Travis Perkins' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Volution Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Travis Perkins
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Volution Group£346.77M3.37£42.69M£21.7227.30
Travis Perkins£4.77B0.27-£17.46M-£8.26-74.78

In the previous week, Volution Group had 2 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volution Group and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Volution Group Positive
Travis Perkins Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Volution Group12.31% 17.78% 9.42%
Travis Perkins -0.37%-0.85%1.42%

Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.

Summary

Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FAN vs. The Competition

MetricVolution GroupBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.17B£3.56B£7.52B£2.94B
Dividend Yield1.72%3.03%4.56%5.02%
P/E Ratio27.3053.9724.54139.16
Price / Sales3.3787.80114.54227,341.28
Price / Cash52.0617.0726.5327.99
Price / Book4.771.794.334.62
Net Income£42.69M£18.85B£790.28M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.37%1.19%2.25%0.64%
1 Month Performance-2.31%1.19%4.40%4.85%
1 Year Performance31.91%4.32%30.82%32.05%

Volution Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FAN
Volution Group
1.32 of 5 stars
GBX 592.95
+0.3%
GBX 700
+18.1%
+31.1%£1.17B£346.77M27.301,909
TPK
Travis Perkins
2.1498 of 5 stars
GBX 620
+2.1%
GBX 823.33
+32.8%
-21.0%£1.31B£4.77B-75.0619,172
GEN
Genuit Group
2.2779 of 5 stars
GBX 388.50
+2.8%
GBX 535
+37.7%
-8.8%£963.60M£553.28M40.762,700News Coverage
TYMN
Tyman
N/AN/AGBX 400
+∞
N/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 154.50
-0.3%
N/A-12.3%£646.26M£275.88M15.56860Gap Up
NXR
Norcros
3.6168 of 5 stars
GBX 277
+1.1%
GBX 362.50
+30.9%
+22.3%£247.71M£392.22M9.202,400High Trading Volume
SUR
Sureserve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£212.37M£304.16M1,383.332,756
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 155
flat
N/A+52.3%£205.92M£306.97M13.322,960Gap Down
ECEL
Eurocell
3.5905 of 5 stars
GBX 153
flat
GBX 300
+96.1%
+24.0%£155.71M£330.14M13.472,101
EPWN
Epwin Group
N/AGBX 109
flat
N/A+17.2%£149.74M£310.67M17.162,151
ALU
The Alumasc Group
N/AGBX 374.51
-0.1%
N/A+88.9%£133.20M£99.64M15.30420

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This page (LON:FAN) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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