Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD) Competitors

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts prefer COD or TPK?

Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 900, indicating a potential upside of 73.41%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Travis Perkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility & risk, COD or TPK?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COD or TPK more profitable?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.19% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	6.20%	12.19%	5.45%
Travis Perkins	-0.37%	-0.85%	1.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COD or TPK?

Travis Perkins received 689 more outperform votes than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.68% of users gave Compagnie de Saint-Gobain an outperform vote while only 72.20% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Outperform Votes 194 76.68%	Underperform Votes 59 23.32%
Travis Perkins	Outperform Votes 883 72.20%	Underperform Votes 340 27.80%

Which has better earnings & valuation, COD or TPK?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, 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
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	£4.56T	0.01	£282.60B	£5.76	15.02
Travis Perkins	£4.77B	0.23	-£17.46M	-£8.26	-62.83

Does the media prefer COD or TPK?

In the previous week, Travis Perkins had 2 more articles in the media than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Travis Perkins and 0 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's score of 0.00 indicating that Travis Perkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Neutral
Travis Perkins	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in COD or TPK?

52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is COD or TPK a better dividend stock?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 242.7%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 3,645.2% 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 -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and Travis Perkins tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.