XPS vs. CVSG, MER, BOWL, CRST, MOON, AO, PPH, BOO, DOCS, and ABDP
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), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Moonpig Group (MOON), AO World (AO), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), boohoo group (BOO), Dr. Martens (DOCS), and AB Dynamics (ABDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
CVS Group has higher revenue and earnings than XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPS Pensions Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVS Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVS Group received 217 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.32% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.55% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
CVS Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,135, indicating a potential upside of 124.74%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 263, indicating a potential upside of 5.20%. Given XPS Pensions Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
In the previous week, CVS Group had 2 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CVS Group and 1 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. CVS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat XPS Pensions Group's score of -0.62 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CVS Group pays out 1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. XPS Pensions Group pays out 12,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
73.9% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of CVS Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 8.37% compared to XPS Pensions Group's net margin of 5.51%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 14.19% beat CVS Group's return on equity.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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