ULTP vs. UPGS, VCP, HEAD, LIKE, CHH, CFX, 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), Churchill China (CHH), Colefax Group (CFX), 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1 more articles in the media than UP Global Sourcing. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ultimate Products and 0 mentions for UP Global Sourcing. UP Global Sourcing's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ultimate Products' score of 0.00 indicating that UP Global Sourcing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Ultimate Products shares are held by institutional investors. 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of Ultimate Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 11.5%. 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.
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.
Ultimate Products has a consensus price target of GBX 156, indicating a potential upside of 156.58%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.
Summary
Ultimate Products beats UP Global Sourcing on 10 of the 17 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 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
