XP Power (XPP) Competitors

XP Power (LON:XPP) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, XPP or VLX?

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than XP Power. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, 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
XP Power	£289.20M	0.67	-£15.01M	-£60.45	-13.25
Volex	£1.29B	0.49	£54.37M	£18.58	14.64

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XPP or VLX?

XP Power received 39 more outperform votes than Volex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.80% of users gave Volex an outperform vote while only 74.66% of users gave XP Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XP Power	Outperform Votes 277 74.66%	Underperform Votes 94 25.34%
Volex	Outperform Votes 238 75.80%	Underperform Votes 76 24.20%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in XPP or VLX?

66.1% of XP Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, XPP or VLX?

XP Power has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer XPP or VLX?

In the previous week, XP Power had 1 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XP Power and 0 mentions for Volex. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Volex's score of 0.75 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
XP Power	Positive
Volex	Positive

Is XPP or VLX more profitable?

Volex has a net margin of 4.21% compared to XP Power's net margin of -5.19%. Volex's return on equity of 12.97% beat XP Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XP Power	-5.19%	-9.45%	2.24%
Volex	4.21%	12.97%	6.30%

Do analysts prefer XPP or VLX?

XP Power currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,470, suggesting a potential upside of 83.52%. Volex has a consensus target price of GBX 370, suggesting a potential upside of 36.07%. Given XP Power's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than Volex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XP Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Volex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is XPP or VLX a better dividend stock?

XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. XP Power pays out -155.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volex pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. XP Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Volex beats XP Power on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.