TPK vs. FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, EPWN, and ALU
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), Epwin Group (EPWN), and The Alumasc Group (ALU). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Travis Perkins vs. Its Competitors
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.
Volution Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Volution Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volution Group pays out 36.8% 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.
Travis Perkins presently has a consensus target price of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential upside of 35.98%. Volution Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 16.95%. Given Travis Perkins' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.
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 0.34 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TPK) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
