Pearson (PSON) Competitors

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

Is TRI or PSON a better dividend stock?

Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Trifast pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 4,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, TRI or PSON?

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

Do analysts rate TRI or PSON?

Pearson has a consensus price target of GBX 1,101.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.18%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	£233.67M	0.45	-£4.44M	-£0.03	-2,626.67
Pearson	£3.55B	1.96	£349M	£0.50	2,095.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRI or PSON?

76.0% of Trifast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRI or PSON?

Pearson received 303 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 711 54.52%	Underperform Votes 593 45.48%

Does the media refer more to TRI or PSON?

In the previous week, Pearson had 2 more articles in the media than Trifast. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for Trifast. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Trifast's score of -0.08 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trifast	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pearson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 8.78% beat Trifast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.42%	2.47%
Pearson	9.83%	8.78%	4.85%

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.