JHD vs. TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, ECEL, 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), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), Eurocell (ECEL), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
James Halstead vs. Its Competitors
James Halstead (LON:JHD) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 660, indicating a potential upside of 4.60%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than James Halstead.
In the previous week, James Halstead's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Travis Perkins'average media sentiment score.
James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.
13.6% of James Halstead shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.1% of James Halstead shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Travis Perkins 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.
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.
James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less 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.
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.
Summary
James Halstead beats Travis Perkins on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:JHD) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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