JHD vs. TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, ALU, and EPWN
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 Epwin Group (EPWN). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
James Halstead vs. Its Competitors
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and James Halstead (LON:JHD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
James Halstead has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled James Halstead'saverage media sentiment score.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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.
75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of James Halstead shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.1% of James Halstead shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Travis Perkins currently has a consensus price target of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.35%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than James Halstead.
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.
Summary
James Halstead beats Travis Perkins on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JHD) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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