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XP Power (XPP) Competitors

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GBX 860 +29.00 (+3.49%)
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XPP vs. TFW, LUCE, SUP, CWR, AFC, DIA, IKA, DWHA, DWHT, and GELN

Should you be buying XP Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP Power include FW Thorpe (TFW), Luceco (LUCE), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Gelion (GELN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

XP Power vs. Its Competitors

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

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to XP Power's net margin of -5.19%. FW Thorpe's return on equity of 14.28% beat XP Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FW Thorpe13.83% 14.28% 8.02%
XP Power -5.19%-9.45%2.24%

XP Power has a consensus price target of GBX 1,470, suggesting a potential upside of 70.93%. Given XP Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than FW Thorpe.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FW Thorpe
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
XP Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP Power has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, XP Power had 1 more articles in the media than FW Thorpe. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XP Power and 0 mentions for FW Thorpe. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat FW Thorpe's score of 0.67 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FW Thorpe Positive
XP Power Very Positive

10.9% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of XP Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.8% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XP Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FW Thorpe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than XP Power. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FW Thorpe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FW Thorpe£176.56M2.34£24.42M£20.6416.95
XP Power£289.20M0.72-£15.01M-£60.45-14.23

FW Thorpe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. FW Thorpe pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP Power pays out -155.5% 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

XP Power beats FW Thorpe on 10 of the 18 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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XPP vs. The Competition

MetricXP PowerElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£208.07M£4.34B£7.66B£3.06B
Dividend Yield9.40%3.66%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio-14.2310.7525.36184.65
Price / Sales0.721,313.62100.20268,936.31
Price / Cash17.7612.4427.8627.97
Price / Book1.303.494.404.58
Net Income-£15.01M-£40.66M£792.92M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.23%-0.19%-0.61%-0.40%
1 Month Performance-7.03%4.07%4.01%6.16%
1 Year Performance-33.85%16.93%28.54%63.71%

XP Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XPP
XP Power
3.1826 of 5 stars
GBX 860
+3.5%
GBX 1,470
+70.9%
-38.2%£208.07M£289.20M-14.232,435Positive News
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 340
-0.6%
N/A-2.9%£400.57M£176.56M16.47900Gap Up
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 139.20
-0.4%
N/A-18.4%£223.80M£227.36M11.731,504News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 186.92
-0.3%
N/A-5.4%£217.61M£219.82M9.757,800
CWR
Ceres Power
2.1278 of 5 stars
GBX 100.10
-0.3%
GBX 340
+239.7%
-40.6%£195.13M£39.90M-4.84591
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 10.30
-5.7%
N/A-36.4%£88.14M£497.29K-3.94120Positive News
High Trading Volume
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 211
-5.0%
N/A+18.6%£84.05M£160.31M-3.651,358Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 45
-0.9%
N/A+64.8%£75.08M£799.03K-14.8372Gap Up
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 505
flat
N/A-14.0%£62.50M£93.67M7.69338Positive News
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 804.40
+1.5%
N/A-35.6%£53.41M£50.25M6.58338Dividend Increase
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 23.20
-1.3%
N/A-19.6%£29.42MN/A-3.5543Gap Down

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This page (LON:XPP) was last updated on 7/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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