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XPS Pensions Group (XPS) Competitors

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GBX 335 -3.00 (-0.89%)
As of 11:57 AM Eastern

XPS vs. CVSG, DTY, MER, AA, PVG, XAF, JET, ROO, JET2, and RDW

Should you be buying XPS Pensions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPS Pensions Group include CVS Group (CVSG), Dignity (DTY), Mears Group (MER), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), Deliveroo (ROO), Jet2 (JET2), and Redrow (RDW). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

XPS Pensions Group vs. Its Competitors

CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

48.5% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CVS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held 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.

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 Group3.20% 7.86% 5.03%
XPS Pensions Group 128.13%156.24%7.60%

CVS Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,800, suggesting a potential upside of 26.76%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus price target of GBX 432.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.15%. Given XPS Pensions Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPS Pensions Group is more favorable than CVS Group.

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

In the previous week, CVS Group had 3 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CVS Group and 6 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of 0.31 indicating that CVS Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CVS Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
XPS Pensions Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CVS Group pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 0.8% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CVS Group£673.20M1.51£20.68M£3.80373.68
XPS Pensions Group£231.79M2.93£256.22M£13.8024.28

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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XPS vs. The Competition

MetricXPS Pensions GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£679.04M£734.70M£3.92B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.55%2.42%3.56%5.38%
P/E Ratio24.2860.0577.07493.23
Price / Sales2.9347.30228.9498,997.00
Price / Cash50.0045.3731.1627.90
Price / Book3.713.353.578.13
Net Income£256.22M£39.59M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.32%2.10%0.42%-0.37%
1 Month Performance-1.90%4.13%-0.61%0.76%
1 Year Performance-5.90%139.42%35.41%126.54%

XPS Pensions Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
3.7221 of 5 stars
GBX 335
-0.9%
GBX 432.67
+29.2%
-6.9%£679.04M£231.79M24.281,712Dividend Cut
CVSG
CVS Group
2.7167 of 5 stars
GBX 1,489.26
+6.4%
GBX 1,700
+14.2%
+47.0%£1.07B£673.20M39,191.059,100News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DTY
Dignity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£275.43M£323.10M-97.343,323
MER
Mears Group
4.0371 of 5 stars
GBX 330.92
0.0%
GBX 475
+43.5%
-12.5%£272.71M£1.11B619.475,000
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
JET
Just Eat Takeaway.com
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.80B£5.15B-1.4720,000Gap Down
ROO
Deliveroo
N/AGBX 179.80
flat
N/AN/A£2.66B£2.15B-17,980.003,630
JET2
Jet2
3.3414 of 5 stars
GBX 1,360.95
-2.5%
GBX 2,127.25
+56.3%
-9.1%£2.58B£7.17B656.8311,716Dividend Cut
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:XPS) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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