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James Halstead (JHD) Competitors

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GBX 144.50 +2.50 (+1.76%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

JHD vs. FAN, TPK, GEN, TYMN, COD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, and ECEL

Should you be buying James Halstead stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Halstead include Volution Group (FAN), Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Eurocell (ECEL). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.

James Halstead vs. Its Competitors

James Halstead (LON:JHD) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Volution Group has higher revenue and earnings than James Halstead. James Halstead 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
James Halstead£268.52M2.33£41.67M£0.101,416.67
Volution Group£362.97M3.43£42.69M£0.203,176.77

1.1% of James Halstead shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of James Halstead shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Volution Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than James Halstead. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Volution Group and 2 mentions for James Halstead. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat James Halstead's score of 0.38 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
James Halstead
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Volution Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Volution Group has a consensus price target of GBX 746.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Volution Group is more favorable than James Halstead.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
James Halstead
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Volution Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. James Halstead pays out 83.3% 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 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Volution Group's net margin of 12.31%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Volution Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
James Halstead15.10% 23.72% 13.68%
Volution Group 12.31%17.78%9.42%

Summary

Volution Group beats James Halstead on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JHD vs. The Competition

MetricJames HalsteadBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£625.44M£355.16M£7.79B£2.58B
Dividend Yield6.01%3.01%4.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,416.67694.41315.675,410.94
Price / Sales2.3382.28217.2496,691.90
Price / Cash14.4817.0728.9127.93
Price / Book3.321.674.617.77
Net Income£41.67M£18.85B£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.12%0.35%0.91%6.51%
1 Month Performance-0.34%-2.28%0.77%55.94%
1 Year Performance-16.23%-0.97%26.49%147.85%

James Halstead Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 144.50
+1.8%
N/A-16.2%£625.44M£268.52M1,416.67860News Coverage
FAN
Volution Group
2.3853 of 5 stars
GBX 616
+0.5%
GBX 740
+20.1%
+15.6%£1.22B£362.97M3,111.111,909News Coverage
Gap Up
TPK
Travis Perkins
1.5945 of 5 stars
GBX 562.50
+1.4%
GBX 660
+17.3%
-34.6%£1.19B£4.56B-1,536.8919,172News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
3.128 of 5 stars
GBX 343
flat
GBX 507
+47.8%
-27.1%£852.57M£561.30M2,578.952,700
TYMN
Tyman
N/AN/AN/AN/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
COD
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
N/AGBX 90.36
-6.1%
N/A+19.9%£448.98M£46.96B16.02159,145News Coverage
NXR
Norcros
2.9405 of 5 stars
GBX 264
-0.4%
GBX 362.50
+37.3%
+11.1%£236.78M£368.10M6,769.232,400News Coverage
SRAD
Stelrad Group
1.8507 of 5 stars
GBX 168
-0.3%
GBX 200
+19.0%
+5.8%£213.95M£290.58M1,305.362,960News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SUR
Sureserve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£212.37M£304.16M1,383.332,756
EPWN
Epwin Group
N/AGBX 117
-0.8%
N/A+20.4%£158.66M£324M1,011.242,151News Coverage
ECEL
Eurocell
3.0647 of 5 stars
GBX 135
+1.9%
GBX 300
+122.2%
-19.3%£136.16M£357.90M1,391.752,101Gap Down

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This page (LON:JHD) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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