TPK vs. FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, ALU, and EPWN
Should you be buying Travis Perkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travis Perkins include Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), 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.
Travis Perkins vs. Its Competitors
Volution Group (LON:FAN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Volution Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volution Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Travis Perkins received 486 more outperform votes than Volution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.08% of users gave Volution Group an outperform vote while only 72.14% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Volution Group and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Travis Perkins'average media sentiment score.
Volution Group has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. Volution Group's return on equity of 17.78% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.
84.6% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Volution Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Volution Group pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% 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. Travis Perkins is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Volution Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 15.32%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.35%. Given Travis Perkins' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TPK) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
