Trifast (TRI) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend TRI or PSON?

Pearson has a consensus price target of GBX 1,224, indicating a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trifast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRI or PSON?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trifast	£239.48M	0.37	-£4.55M	-£3.21	-20.03
Pearson	£3.52B	2.06	£346.29M	£51.59	20.83

Is TRI or PSON more profitable?

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
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.47%	2.47%
Pearson	9.83%	8.98%	4.85%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TRI or PSON?

66.4% of Trifast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Trifast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TRI or PSON?

In the previous week, Trifast's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pearson'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trifast	Neutral
Pearson	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRI or PSON?

Pearson received 305 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 713 54.59%	Underperform Votes 593 45.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, TRI or PSON?

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

Is TRI or PSON a better dividend stock?

Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Trifast pays out -62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 44.6% 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.

Summary

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