Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WIX or VIC?

Wickes Group received 13 more outperform votes than Victorian Plumbing Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 95.65% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Victorian Plumbing Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wickes Group	Outperform Votes 22 95.65%	Underperform Votes 1 4.35%
Victorian Plumbing Group	Outperform Votes 9 64.29%	Underperform Votes 5 35.71%

Does the media refer more to WIX or VIC?

In the previous week, Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Victorian Plumbing Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	Neutral
Victorian Plumbing Group	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WIX or VIC?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend WIX or VIC?

Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 189, indicating a potential downside of 2.38%. Victorian Plumbing Group has a consensus price target of GBX 132, indicating a potential upside of 35.52%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Victorian Plumbing Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WIX or VIC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.32	£29.25M	£12.37	15.65
Victorian Plumbing Group	£304.50M	1.08	£5.66M	£1.63	59.67

Is WIX or VIC a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, WIX or VIC?

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

Is WIX or VIC more profitable?

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 Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%
Victorian Plumbing Group	1.86%	10.60%	9.24%

Summary

Wickes Group beats Victorian Plumbing Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.