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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (LON:TRI) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff