CVSG vs. XPS, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, TUI, WMH, BWY, and JET
Should you be buying CVS Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVS Group include XPS Pensions Group (XPS), Mears Group (MER), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), TUI (TUI), William Hill (WMH), Bellway (BWY), and Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
CVS Group vs.
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 27 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 128.13% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.20%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 156.24% beat CVS Group's return on equity.
CVS Group received 214 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.10% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVS Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,370, suggesting a potential upside of 127.88%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 356.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.84%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
70.2% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CVS Group pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. XPS Pensions Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
XPS Pensions Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CVSG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
