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Trifast (TRI) Competitors

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GBX 78 -2.00 (-2.50%)
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TRI vs. PSON, MCON, GFRD, YOU, ITM, AUG, IPEL, TFW, MRL, and RST

Should you be buying Trifast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trifast include Pearson (PSON), Mincon Group (MCON), Galliford Try (GFRD), YouGov (YOU), ITM Power (ITM), Augean (AUG), Impellam Group (IPEL), FW Thorpe (TFW), Marlowe (MRL), and Restore (RST).

Trifast vs. Its Competitors

Pearson (LON:PSON) and Trifast (LON:TRI) are both printing and publishing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pearson pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trifast pays out -62.4% 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. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Pearson has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Trifast's net margin of -1.90%. Pearson's return on equity of 8.98% beat Trifast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pearson9.83% 8.98% 4.85%
Trifast -1.90%-3.47%2.47%

Pearson has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trifast has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pearson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,295, indicating a potential upside of 20.47%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pearson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Trifast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Pearson had 3 more articles in the media than Trifast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for Trifast. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Pearson's score of 0.42 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pearson
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Trifast
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.7% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Trifast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Pearson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Trifast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Trifast. Trifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pearson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pearson£3.52B2.06£346.29M£51.5920.84
Trifast£239.48M0.45-£4.55M-£3.21-24.33

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricTrifastTools & Accessories IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£107.91M£3.88B£7.61B£3.07B
Dividend Yield2.31%3.73%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio-24.3331.6124.95170.63
Price / Sales0.4526.3799.25303,754.90
Price / Cash2.759.6328.0727.96
Price / Book0.851.294.304.52
Net Income-£4.55M£57.13M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.88%0.82%0.92%1.25%
1 Month Performance15.38%4.73%1.78%3.74%
1 Year Performance-5.80%4.20%33.85%58.02%

Trifast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Trifast
N/AGBX 78
-2.5%
N/A-5.4%£107.91M£239.48M-24.3324,400Dividend Cut
PSON
Pearson
3.6416 of 5 stars
GBX 1,121.50
-0.5%
GBX 1,295
+15.5%
+4.1%£7.57B£3.52B21.7421,400Earnings Report
MCON
Mincon Group
N/AGBX 33.45
+4.5%
N/A-3.9%£90.31M£183.01M57.16604News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
GFRD
Galliford Try
3.228 of 5 stars
GBX 434
+0.5%
GBX 510
+17.5%
+45.7%£430.40M£1.69B12.593,922Gap Up
YOU
YouGov
2.8292 of 5 stars
GBX 357
-0.8%
GBX 760
+112.9%
-32.7%£417.74M£335.28M-181.941,820Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ITM
ITM Power
1.3295 of 5 stars
GBX 67
+0.8%
GBX 76.67
+14.4%
+26.9%£417.52M£16.67M-15.33359Gap Up
AUG
Augean
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.45M£87.70M26.5020Gap Up
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 321
+1.3%
N/A-10.1%£378.19M£176.56M15.55900
MRL
Marlowe
N/AGBX 440
flat
GBX 588
+33.6%
+3.3%£352.09M£418.37M-40.924,972
RST
Restore
3.1762 of 5 stars
GBX 262
+0.6%
GBX 363.67
+38.8%
-0.4%£351.81M£272.77M92.172,700

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This page (LON:TRI) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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