ULTP vs. UPGS, VCP, HEAD, LIKE, CFX, CHH, SDG, PMP, JLH, and HWDN
Should you be buying Ultimate Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultimate Products include UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Victoria (VCP), Headlam Group (HEAD), Likewise Group (LIKE), Colefax Group (CFX), Churchill China (CHH), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Portmeirion Group (PMP), John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Ultimate Products vs. Its Competitors
UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) and Ultimate Products (LON:ULTP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Ultimate Products shares are held by institutional investors. 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Ultimate Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UP Global Sourcing has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Ultimate Products' net margin of 6.77%. UP Global Sourcing's return on equity of 29.55% beat Ultimate Products' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ultimate Products had 3 more articles in the media than UP Global Sourcing. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ultimate Products and 0 mentions for UP Global Sourcing. Ultimate Products' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat UP Global Sourcing's score of 0.00 indicating that Ultimate Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Ultimate Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. UP Global Sourcing pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ultimate Products pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ultimate Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ultimate Products has a consensus price target of GBX 130.67, suggesting a potential upside of 113.51%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.
UP Global Sourcing has higher revenue and earnings than Ultimate Products. UP Global Sourcing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultimate Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
UP Global Sourcing beats Ultimate Products on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ULTP) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
