TPK vs. FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, COD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, EPWN, and ECEL
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), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Eurocell (ECEL). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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 746.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 660, indicating a potential upside of 14.58%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Volution Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
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.
In the previous week, Volution Group and Volution Group both had 3 articles in the media. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.20 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Volution Group pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travis Perkins pays out -54.9% 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.
65.2% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Volution Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TPK) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
