TPK vs. GEN, FAN, JHD, TYMN, RHIM, HAS, DATA, HILS, PAGE, and GFTU
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), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Hays (HAS), GlobalData (DATA), Hill & Smith (HILS), PageGroup (PAGE), and Grafton Group (GFTU). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Genuit Group (LON:GEN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Genuit Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Genuit Group and 1 mentions for Travis Perkins. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that Travis Perkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
84.0% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Genuit Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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.
Genuit Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 5.38%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 863, indicating a potential upside of 1.81%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Travis Perkins.
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.
Summary
Genuit Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TPK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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