XPS Pensions Group (XPS) Competitors

CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Is CVSG or XPS more profitable?

XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 128.13% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.20%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 156.24% beat CVS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVS Group	3.20%	7.86%	5.03%
XPS Pensions Group	128.13%	156.24%	7.60%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CVSG or XPS?

70.2% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CVSG or XPS?

XPS Pensions Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, 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
CVS Group	£646.77M	1.37	£20.68M	£28.88	42.72
XPS Pensions Group	£199.97M	4.14	£256.22M	£124.54	3.22

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group received 213 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.31% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVS Group	Outperform Votes 335 70.68%	Underperform Votes 139 29.32%
XPS Pensions Group	Outperform Votes 122 75.31%	Underperform Votes 40 24.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVSG or XPS a better dividend stock?

CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CVS Group pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% 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. XPS Pensions Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CVSG or XPS?

In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 1 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVS Group	Neutral
XPS Pensions Group	Positive

Do analysts recommend CVSG or XPS?

CVS Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,370, indicating a potential upside of 92.06%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 396.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.12%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
XPS Pensions Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.