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James Halstead (JHD) Competitors

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GBX 162.50 -3.50 (-2.11%)
As of 05/21/2025 11:53 AM Eastern

JHD vs. TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, ALU, and KGP

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

James Halstead vs.

James Halstead (LON:JHD) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Travis Perkins received 730 more outperform votes than James Halstead when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.51% of users gave James Halstead an outperform vote while only 72.14% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
James HalsteadOutperform Votes
153
72.51%
Underperform Votes
58
27.49%
Travis PerkinsOutperform Votes
883
72.14%
Underperform Votes
341
27.86%

In the previous week, James Halstead had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for James Halstead and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat James Halstead's score of 0.75 indicating that Travis Perkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
James Halstead Positive
Travis Perkins Positive

James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less 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.

13.6% of James Halstead shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 49.1% of James Halstead 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. James Halstead pays out 90.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 32.16%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travis Perkins 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
Travis Perkins
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
James Halstead15.10% 23.72% 13.68%
Travis Perkins -0.37%-0.85%1.42%

James Halstead has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Halstead, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
James Halstead£275.88M2.46£41.67M£9.9316.37
Travis Perkins£4.77B0.28-£17.46M-£8.26-75.42

Summary

James Halstead beats Travis Perkins on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JHD vs. The Competition

MetricJames HalsteadBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£679.73M£3.87B£7.64B£2.68B
Dividend Yield5.10%3.03%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio16.3722.5523.15134.32
Price / Sales2.4690.0090.07203,702.46
Price / Cash14.4818.1326.9428.02
Price / Book3.741.813.983.79
Net Income£41.67M£20.20B£807.24M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.52%0.61%0.73%0.65%
1 Month Performance10.55%6.15%11.07%22.12%
1 Year Performance-17.09%1.16%19.35%119.61%

James Halstead Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 162.50
-2.1%
N/A-17.7%£679.73M£275.88M16.37860
TPK
Travis Perkins
2.4481 of 5 stars
GBX 616.25
-1.4%
GBX 823.33
+33.6%
-25.8%£1.30B£4.77B-74.6119,172News Coverage
FAN
Volution Group
1.1469 of 5 stars
GBX 617
+0.3%
GBX 700
+13.5%
+36.9%£1.22B£346.77M28.401,909Gap Up
GEN
Genuit Group
1.7829 of 5 stars
GBX 407.50
+0.9%
GBX 545
+33.7%
-14.8%£1.01B£553.28M42.752,700Analyst Forecast
TYMN
Tyman
N/AN/AGBX 400
+∞
N/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
NXR
Norcros
N/AGBX 261.90
+0.3%
GBX 362.50
+38.4%
+14.1%£234.21M£392.22M8.702,400
SUR
Sureserve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£212.37M£304.16M1,383.332,756
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 137
-0.7%
N/A+14.0%£182.00M£306.97M11.772,960Gap Up
ECEL
Eurocell
3.5615 of 5 stars
GBX 159.50
flat
GBX 300
+88.1%
+15.7%£162.33M£330.14M14.042,101Positive News
ALU
The Alumasc Group
N/AGBX 375.89
+0.2%
N/A+114.8%£133.69M£99.64M15.36420
KGP
Kingspan Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£132.44M£8.34B22.4722,000

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