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Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC) Competitors

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GBX 72.80 -0.40 (-0.55%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

VIC vs. WIX, TPT, CMO, KGF, WOSG, DOM, GLV, DWL, JDW, and CVSG

Should you be buying Victorian Plumbing Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victorian Plumbing Group include Wickes Group (WIX), Topps Tiles (TPT), CMO Group (CMO), Kingfisher (KGF), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Dowlais Group (DWL), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), and CVS Group (CVSG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Victorian Plumbing Group vs. Its Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.2% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Wickes Group had 1 more articles in the media than Victorian Plumbing Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wickes Group and 0 mentions for Victorian Plumbing Group. Victorian Plumbing Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group Neutral
Victorian Plumbing Group Positive

Wickes Group has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Victorian Plumbing Group's net margin of 1.86%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Victorian Plumbing Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wickes Group2.01% 19.39% 3.77%
Victorian Plumbing Group 1.86%10.60%9.24%

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Victorian Plumbing Group. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victorian Plumbing Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group£1.45B0.37£29.25M£12.3718.31
Victorian Plumbing Group£304.50M0.81£5.66M£1.6344.60

Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 5.05%. Victorian Plumbing Group has a consensus price target of GBX 129.67, suggesting a potential upside of 78.11%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wickes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Victorian Plumbing Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Victorian Plumbing Group beats Wickes Group 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VIC vs. The Competition

MetricVictorian Plumbing GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£245.23M£1.49B£3.41B£3.00B
Dividend Yield1.59%3.74%3.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio44.6027.7774.48150.83
Price / Sales0.8137.4071.81314,599.97
Price / Cash5.145.1131.1627.97
Price / Book4.554.663.754.59
Net Income£5.66M£105.72M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-6.43%1.15%1.03%11.51%
1 Month Performance-6.67%0.36%2.54%7.92%
1 Year Performance-20.87%7.62%2,633.47%32.05%

Victorian Plumbing Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIC
Victorian Plumbing Group
4.0763 of 5 stars
GBX 72.80
-0.5%
GBX 129.67
+78.1%
-22.2%£245.23M£304.50M44.60636Positive News
WIX
Wickes Group
1.9519 of 5 stars
GBX 226.50
-1.1%
GBX 215
-5.1%
+58.1%£536.28M£1.45B18.315,930News Coverage
TPT
Topps Tiles
0.4839 of 5 stars
GBX 37.10
+8.8%
GBX 42
+13.2%
-4.2%£72.97M£255.32M137.861,744Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CMO
CMO Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.56M£61.18M-1.45212
KGF
Kingfisher
2.8317 of 5 stars
GBX 287.10
-1.7%
GBX 293.33
+2.2%
+2.5%£5.07B£12.28B15.3074,525News Coverage
WOSG
Watches of Switzerland Group
2.0893 of 5 stars
GBX 421.60
+1.7%
GBX 502.50
+19.2%
-11.4%£1.02B£1.56B17.112,553
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.5545 of 5 stars
GBX 255
-1.2%
GBX 390
+52.9%
-22.3%£995.13M£664.24M13.071,630Analyst Forecast
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.73
+0.6%
N/A+36.8%£959.93M£41.75B21.99502
DWL
Dowlais Group
0.3416 of 5 stars
GBX 69.15
+2.4%
GBX 76.67
+10.9%
-6.8%£935.12M£4.59B-1.8224,257News Coverage
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
N/AGBX 772.74
-2.2%
N/A+0.8%£906.50M£1.93B19.6641,754Gap Down
CVSG
CVS Group
3.3276 of 5 stars
GBX 1,232
-1.0%
GBX 2,370
+92.4%
+17.2%£883.01M£646.77M42.659,100News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Down

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This page (LON:VIC) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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