XPP vs. VLX, TFW, LUCE, SUP, CWR, AFC, DWHT, IKA, DWHA, 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 (DWHT), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), and Dialight (DIA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
XP Power vs.
Volex (LON:VLX) and XP Power (LON:XPP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Volex had 1 more articles in the media than XP Power. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volex and 1 mentions for XP Power. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Volex's score of 0.75 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Volex presently has a consensus price target of GBX 370, indicating a potential upside of 36.03%. XP Power has a consensus price target of GBX 1,470, indicating a potential upside of 93.68%. Given XP Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than Volex.
35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of XP Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XP Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Volex pays out 21.5% 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.
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.
Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP Power has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Volex beats XP Power on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:XPP) was last updated on 5/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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