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Trifast (TRI) Competitors

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GBX 82.80 -0.30 (-0.36%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

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.

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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Trifast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Pearson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Trifast£223.47M0.50-£4.55M£0.0110,753.25
Pearson£3.52B2.04£346.29M£0.651,717.02

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TRI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£111.76M£3.66B£7.86B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.21%3.68%4.59%5.32%
P/E Ratio10,753.251,098.45283.904,250.08
Price / Sales0.5028.381,248.9799,406.89
Price / Cash2.759.6327.9127.90
Price / Book0.901.344.798.11
Net Income-£4.55M£57.13M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.24%-0.20%0.13%-0.62%
1 Month Performance-0.48%-2.06%1.45%0.88%
1 Year Performance4.81%3.67%26.58%126.01%

Trifast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Trifast
3.3825 of 5 stars
GBX 82.80
-0.4%
GBX 130
+57.0%
+3.6%£111.76M£223.47M10,753.2524,400Dividend Cut
Gap Up
PSON
Pearson
3.0394 of 5 stars
GBX 1,073.50
+2.0%
GBX 1,295
+20.6%
+7.0%£6.88B£3.52B1,646.4721,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MCON
Mincon Group
N/AGBX 39.19
-2.0%
N/A-0.8%£83.27M£150.40M1,911.71604Gap Up
LSC
London Security
N/AGBX 3,450
flat
N/AN/A£422.97M£220.65M1,952.461,596
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 856.85
-0.4%
N/A+23.7%£414.07M£129.72M2,390.77484Dividend Cut
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
CWR
Ceres Power
1.5611 of 5 stars
GBX 200.20
-5.3%
GBX 340
+69.8%
-0.5%£388.30M£44.48M-1,096.99591Trending News
COST
Costain Group
2.4741 of 5 stars
GBX 138.80
+0.6%
GBX 162.50
+17.1%
+44.2%£370.05M£1.14B1,206.963,270Gap Up
CPI
Capita
3.6729 of 5 stars
GBX 322
+1.6%
GBX 652.50
+102.6%
+1,294.9%£366.27M£2.34B2,374.6343,000
RST
Restore
3.1461 of 5 stars
GBX 262.89
-0.8%
GBX 362.75
+38.0%
-5.6%£356.59M£296M3,923.792,700

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This page (LON:TRI) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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