TRI vs. PSON, MCON, AUG, IPEL, GFRD, TFW, ELIX, HYVE, DWF, and ABBY
Should you be buying Trifast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trifast include Pearson (PSON), Mincon Group (MCON), Augean (AUG), Impellam Group (IPEL), Galliford Try (GFRD), FW Thorpe (TFW), Elixirr International (ELIX), Hyve Group (HYVE), DWF Group (DWF), and Abbey (ABBY).
Trifast vs.
Pearson (LON:PSON) and Trifast (LON:TRI) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
83.7% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Trifast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Pearson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Trifast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Trifast had 1 more articles in the media than Pearson. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Trifast and 1 mentions for Pearson. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Pearson's score of 0.00 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pearson pays out 4,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trifast pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pearson has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Trifast's net margin of -1.90%. Pearson's return on equity of 8.78% beat Trifast's return on equity.
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.
Pearson has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trifast has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Pearson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,224, suggesting a potential downside of 8.35%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.
Summary
Pearson beats Trifast on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TRI) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff