Ultimate Products (ULTP) 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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UPGS or ULTP?

UP Global Sourcing received 52 more outperform votes than Ultimate Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.89% of users gave UP Global Sourcing an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Ultimate Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UP Global Sourcing	Outperform Votes 55 51.89%	Underperform Votes 51 48.11%
Ultimate Products	Outperform Votes 3 33.33%	Underperform Votes 6 66.67%

Do analysts rate UPGS or ULTP?

Ultimate Products has a consensus target price of GBX 156, suggesting a potential upside of 143.75%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UP Global Sourcing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ultimate Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of UPGS or ULTP?

32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Ultimate Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Ultimate Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, UPGS or ULTP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UP Global Sourcing	£156.05M	0.00	£12.03M	£0.14	N/A
Ultimate Products	£152.45M	0.36	£10.32M	£12.19	5.25

Is UPGS or ULTP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UP Global Sourcing	7.71%	29.55%	9.19%
Ultimate Products	6.77%	21.95%	9.97%

Does the media prefer UPGS or ULTP?

In the previous week, UP Global Sourcing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ultimate Products'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
UP Global Sourcing	Neutral
Ultimate Products	Neutral

Is UPGS or ULTP a better dividend stock?

UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Ultimate Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. 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 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ultimate Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, UPGS or ULTP?

UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ultimate Products beats UP Global Sourcing on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.