XPS Pensions Group (XPS) Competitors

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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in XPS or CVSG?

83.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer XPS or CVSG?

XPS Pensions Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 296, indicating a potential upside of 1.72%. CVS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,135, indicating a potential upside of 87.28%. Given CVS Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CVS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, XPS or CVSG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XPS Pensions Group	£199.43M	3.05	£54.17M	£0.25	1,178.09
CVS Group	£641.90M	1.32	£35.40M	£0.49	2,416.33

Which has more volatility & risk, XPS or CVSG?

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

Is XPS or CVSG a better dividend stock?

XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. XPS Pensions Group pays out 4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CVS Group pays out 1,632.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XPS or CVSG?

CVS Group received 218 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.47% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPS Pensions Group	Outperform Votes 117 76.47%	Underperform Votes 36 23.53%
CVS Group	Outperform Votes 335 70.68%	Underperform Votes 139 29.32%

Is XPS or CVSG more profitable?

XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 27.16% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 5.51%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 32.32% beat CVS Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPS Pensions Group	27.16%	32.32%	7.60%
CVS Group	5.51%	14.19%	6.25%

Does the media refer more to XPS or CVSG?

In the previous week, CVS Group had 1 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CVS Group and 0 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CVS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
XPS Pensions Group	Neutral
CVS Group	Positive

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.