ULTP vs. UPGS, VCP, LIKE, CFX, CHH, HEAD, 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), Likewise Group (LIKE), Colefax Group (CFX), Churchill China (CHH), Headlam Group (HEAD), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
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.
Ultimate Products has a consensus target price of GBX 105, indicating a potential upside of 64.06%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.
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.
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.
UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, UP Global Sourcing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ultimate Products'average media sentiment score.
32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
UP Global Sourcing beats Ultimate Products on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ULTP) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
