TRI vs. PSON, MCON, LSC, ELIX, AUG, IPEL, CWR, COST, CPI, and RST
Should you be buying Trifast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trifast include Pearson (PSON), Mincon Group (MCON), London Security (LSC), Elixirr International (ELIX), Augean (AUG), Impellam Group (IPEL), Ceres Power (CWR), Costain Group (COST), Capita (CPI), and Restore (RST).
Trifast vs. Its Competitors
Trifast (LON:TRI) and Pearson (LON:PSON) are both printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
59.2% of Trifast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Pearson shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Trifast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pearson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pearson had 8 more articles in the media than Trifast. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for Trifast. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Pearson's score of 0.07 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trifast currently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 57.00%. Pearson has a consensus target price of GBX 1,295, suggesting a potential upside of 15.68%. Given Trifast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Trifast is more favorable than Pearson.
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.
Trifast has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Trifast. Pearson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trifast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Trifast pays out 233.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pearson pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Pearson beats Trifast on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TRI) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff