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
Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Victorian Plumbing Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 129.67, suggesting a potential upside of 78.11%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 5.05%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
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.
Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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 0.67 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.2% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Victorian Plumbing Group beats Wickes Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:VIC) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
