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Trifast (TRI) Competitors

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GBX 72.40 +2.20 (+3.13%)
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TRI vs. PSON, MCON, TFW, YOU, AUG, IPEL, ELIX, RST, HYVE, and MRL

Should you be buying Trifast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trifast include Pearson (PSON), Mincon Group (MCON), FW Thorpe (TFW), YouGov (YOU), Augean (AUG), Impellam Group (IPEL), Elixirr International (ELIX), Restore (RST), Hyve Group (HYVE), and Marlowe (MRL).

Trifast vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Trifast had 6 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Trifast and 0 mentions for Pearson. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Pearson's score of 0.00 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Trifast Neutral
Pearson Neutral

Pearson has a consensus target price of GBX 1,450, indicating a potential upside of 37.70%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Trifast£239.48M0.42-£4.55M-£3.21-22.58
Pearson£3.52B2.02£346.29M£51.5920.41

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

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.

Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 12 of the 18 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£100.16M£3.77B£7.63B£3.01B
Dividend Yield2.31%3.73%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio-22.5830.3725.28165.92
Price / Sales0.4224.81104.89320,986.79
Price / Cash2.759.6327.4627.97
Price / Book0.791.274.404.56
Net Income-£4.55M£57.13M£797.00M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.72%0.21%0.42%6.83%
1 Month Performance14.92%2.67%6.06%13.91%
1 Year Performance-3.47%-7.45%28.05%72.70%

Trifast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Trifast
N/AGBX 72.40
+3.1%
N/A-7.4%£100.16M£239.48M-22.5824,400Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
PSON
Pearson
4.2948 of 5 stars
GBX 1,054
-0.2%
GBX 1,450
+37.6%
+4.0%£7.12B£3.52B20.4321,400
MCON
Mincon Group
N/AGBX 34
-2.9%
N/A-25.9%£91.80M£183.01M58.10604News Coverage
Gap Down
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 334
flat
N/A-7.9%£393.50M£176.56M16.18900
YOU
YouGov
3.0377 of 5 stars
GBX 334.50
-4.4%
GBX 760
+127.2%
-29.7%£391.41M£335.28M-170.471,820
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
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 756
-0.1%
N/A+37.6%£365.17M£91.37M21.45484News Coverage
Dividend Cut
RST
Restore
3.4369 of 5 stars
GBX 267
+0.2%
GBX 390
+46.1%
+0.3%£358.53M£272.77M93.932,700
HYVE
Hyve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£351.72M£122.47M-1,340.00772
MRL
Marlowe
1.5693 of 5 stars
GBX 437.52
+0.1%
GBX 700
+60.0%
-3.3%£350.11M£418.37M-40.694,972News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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