TPK vs. GEN, FAN, JHD, TYMN, COD, SUR, NXR, SRAD, ECEL, and KGP
Should you be buying Travis Perkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travis Perkins include Genuit Group (GEN), Volution Group (FAN), James Halstead (JHD), Tyman (TYMN), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuit Group has a net margin of 6.56% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.78%. Travis Perkins' return on equity of 6.09% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
Genuit Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Travis Perkins. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travis Perkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Travis Perkins received 844 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.84% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 72.18% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
Genuit Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 863, suggesting a potential upside of 0.41%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
84.8% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Genuit Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Genuit Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Travis Perkins pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genuit Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Genuit Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genuit Group and 3 mentions for Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Genuit Group's score of -0.26 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Genuit Group beats Travis Perkins on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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