GEN vs. FAN, JHD, TPK, TYMN, COD, FGP, MGNS, GEC, CHG, and CKN
Should you be buying Genuit Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genuit Group include Volution Group (FAN), James Halstead (JHD), Travis Perkins (TPK), Tyman (TYMN), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), FirstGroup (FGP), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), General Electric (GEC), Chemring Group (CHG), and Clarkson (CKN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Volution Group received 361 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.84% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 78.96% of users gave Volution Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volution Group and 1 mentions for Genuit Group. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genuit Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Volution Group has a consensus target price of GBX 500, indicating a potential upside of 18.20%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Volution Group is more favorable than Genuit Group.
83.5% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Genuit Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Volution Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Genuit Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Volution Group pays out 3,809.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Volution Group has a net margin of 12.54% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 6.56%. Volution Group's return on equity of 18.87% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
Volution Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genuit Group. Volution Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Volution Group beats Genuit Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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