Pearson (PSON) Competitors

Trifast (LON:TRI) and Pearson (LON:PSON) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TRI or PSON?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Trifast. Trifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pearson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trifast	£239.48M	0.38	-£4.55M	-£3.21	-20.72
Pearson	£3.52B	2.25	£346.29M	£51.59	22.72

Which has more volatility & risk, TRI or PSON?

Trifast has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRI or PSON?

Pearson received 305 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 713 54.59%	Underperform Votes 593 45.41%

Do analysts prefer TRI or PSON?

Pearson has a consensus target price of GBX 1,224, indicating a potential upside of 4.41%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trifast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor TRI or PSON?

In the previous week, Trifast had 1 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Trifast and 0 mentions for Pearson. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Pearson's score of 0.00 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trifast	Positive
Pearson	Neutral

Is TRI or PSON a better dividend stock?

Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Trifast pays out -62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TRI or PSON?

66.4% of Trifast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Trifast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Pearson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRI or PSON more profitable?

Pearson has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Trifast's net margin of -1.90%. Pearson's return on equity of 8.98% beat Trifast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.47%	2.47%
Pearson	9.83%	8.98%	4.85%

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.