TPT vs. VIC, GMR, SHOE, DPP, SDG, MRK, WJG, MUL, BWNG, and HRN
Should you be buying Topps Tiles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Topps Tiles include Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), Gaming Realms (GMR), Shoe Zone (SHOE), DP Poland (DPP), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), Watkin Jones (WJG), Mulberry Group (MUL), N Brown Group (BWNG), and Hornby (HRN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) and Topps Tiles (LON:TPT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Topps Tiles has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Topps Tiles received 476 more outperform votes than Victorian Plumbing Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.01% of users gave Topps Tiles an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Victorian Plumbing Group an outperform vote.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Victorian Plumbing Group's net margin of 1.22%. Topps Tiles' return on equity of 25.43% beat Victorian Plumbing Group's return on equity.
Victorian Plumbing Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 116, indicating a potential upside of 53.44%. Topps Tiles has a consensus price target of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 52.51%. Given Topps Tiles' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Topps Tiles.
In the previous week, Victorian Plumbing Group had 1 more articles in the media than Topps Tiles. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Victorian Plumbing Group and 0 mentions for Topps Tiles. Topps Tiles' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Victorian Plumbing Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Topps Tiles pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Topps Tiles pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Victorian Plumbing Group has higher revenue and earnings than Topps Tiles. Victorian Plumbing Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topps Tiles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Topps Tiles shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.6% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of Topps Tiles shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Victorian Plumbing Group beats Topps Tiles on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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