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XPS Pensions Group (XPS) Competitors

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GBX 401.50 +18.50 (+4.83%)
As of 05/2/2025 11:46 AM Eastern

XPS vs. CVSG, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, BWY, TUI, WMH, and JET

Should you be buying XPS Pensions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPS Pensions Group include CVS Group (CVSG), Mears Group (MER), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Bellway (BWY), TUI (TUI), William Hill (WMH), and Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

XPS Pensions Group vs.

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

87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of CVS Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

XPS Pensions Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 396.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.25%. CVS Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,370, indicating a potential upside of 86.27%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.

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

XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVS Group pays out 27.7% 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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XPS Pensions GroupOutperform Votes
122
75.31%
Underperform Votes
40
24.69%
CVS GroupOutperform Votes
335
70.68%
Underperform Votes
139
29.32%

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

XPS Pensions Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XPS Pensions Group£199.97M4.15£256.22M£124.543.22
CVS Group£646.77M1.41£20.68M£28.8844.05

In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
XPS Pensions Group Positive
CVS Group Neutral

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
XPS Pensions Group128.13% 156.24% 7.60%
CVS Group 3.20%7.86%5.03%

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XPS vs. The Competition

MetricXPS Pensions GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£829.08M£1.25B£3.28B£2.60B
Dividend Yield3.09%1.84%3.49%4.98%
P/E Ratio3.2211.5320.73133.97
Price / Sales4.1526.9864.83240,916.32
Price / Cash50.0030.5130.9428.07
Price / Book4.452.673.444.54
Net Income£256.22M£76.26M£262.00M£5.87B
7 Day Performance5.58%3.92%1.78%3.44%
1 Month Performance6.50%3.08%2.62%12.41%
1 Year Performance58.70%-1.82%1,681.30%113.31%

XPS Pensions Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
1.1675 of 5 stars
GBX 401.50
+4.8%
GBX 396.50
-1.2%
+60.6%£829.08M£199.97M3.221,712Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
CVSG
CVS Group
N/AGBX 1,047
+1.3%
GBX 2,370
+126.4%
+33.2%£750.42M£646.77M36.259,100
MER
Mears Group
N/AGBX 387.50
flat
N/A+11.8%£339.49M£1.08B8.635,000News Coverage
Positive News
DTY
Dignity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£275.43M£323.10M-97.343,323
AA
AA
N/AN/AN/AN/A£218.24M£982M2.9913,100
PVG
Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.30M£3.96M-2.09112Gap Down
XAF
Xafinity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
BWY
Bellway
1.4949 of 5 stars
GBX 2,636
+1.2%
GBX 3,204.20
+21.6%
+9.7%£3.10B£2.34B23.952,979News Coverage
TUI
TUI
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.86B£21.71B318.3652,661News Coverage
WMH
William Hill
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.86B£1.32B44.5612,000
JET
Just Eat Takeaway.com
1.2089 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 1,558
+∞
N/A£2.80B£5.15B-1.4720,000Gap Down

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This page (LON:XPS) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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