TPK vs. FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, SUR, NXR, SRAD, ECEL, KGP, 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), Sureserve Group (SUR), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Kingspan Group (KGP), and Epwin Group (EPWN). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Travis Perkins vs.
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
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. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Volution Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Volution Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 72.20% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 900, indicating a potential upside of 60.92%. Volution Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 23.24%. Given Travis Perkins' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff