TFW vs. SMS, VLX, LUCE, SUP, XPP, CWR, DWHT, DWHA, IKA, and AFC
Should you be buying FW Thorpe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FW Thorpe include Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Volex (VLX), Luceco (LUCE), Supreme (SUP), XP Power (XPP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), and AFC Energy (AFC). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
FW Thorpe vs.
Smart Metering Systems (LON:SMS) and FW Thorpe (LON:TFW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
74.9% of Smart Metering Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Smart Metering Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.8% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Smart Metering Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FW Thorpe'saverage media sentiment score.
FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Smart Metering Systems' net margin of 10.97%. FW Thorpe's return on equity of 14.28% beat Smart Metering Systems' return on equity.
Smart Metering Systems has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FW Thorpe has higher revenue and earnings than Smart Metering Systems. Smart Metering Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FW Thorpe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smart Metering Systems received 203 more outperform votes than FW Thorpe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.93% of users gave Smart Metering Systems an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave FW Thorpe an outperform vote.
Smart Metering Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share. FW Thorpe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Smart Metering Systems pays out 27,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FW Thorpe pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FW Thorpe is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
FW Thorpe beats Smart Metering Systems on 10 of the 14 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:TFW) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
