XPP vs. VLX, TFW, LUCE, SUP, CWR, AFC, DWHA, DWHT, IKA, and DIA
Should you be buying XP Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP Power include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), Luceco (LUCE), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Ilika (IKA), and Dialight (DIA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
XP Power vs. Its Competitors
XP Power (LON:XPP) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
66.1% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Volex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
XP Power has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.
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.
XP Power currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,470, suggesting a potential upside of 71.13%. Volex has a consensus price target of GBX 370, suggesting a potential upside of 21.31%. Given XP Power's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than Volex.
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.
In the previous week, XP Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Volex'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Summary
Volex beats XP Power on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:XPP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
