Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TPK or COD?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPK or COD?

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

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

75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain 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 TPK or COD a better dividend stock?

Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 239.2%. Travis Perkins pays out -13,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 3,690.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TPK or COD?

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
Travis Perkins	£4.75B	0.32	-£17.40M	-£0.08	-9,006.25
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	£46.45B	0.01	£2.88B	£5.69	15.43

Is TPK or COD 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 12.41% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travis Perkins	-0.37%	-0.84%	1.42%
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	6.20%	12.41%	5.45%

Do analysts recommend TPK or COD?

Travis Perkins presently has a consensus target price of GBX 912.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.65%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travis Perkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor TPK or COD?

In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain had 2 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.