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CVS Group (CVSG) Competitors

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GBX 1,012 +10.00 (+1.00%)
As of 04/17/2025 12:38 PM Eastern

CVSG vs. XPS, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, TUI, WMH, BWY, and JET2

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 Jet2 (JET2). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

CVS Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,370, suggesting a potential upside of 134.19%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 396.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.06%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CVS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
XPS Pensions Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

70.2% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group had 5 more articles in the media than CVS Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for XPS Pensions Group and 0 mentions for CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat CVS Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CVS Group Neutral
XPS Pensions Group Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CVS Group3.20% 7.86% 5.03%
XPS Pensions Group 128.13%156.24%7.60%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CVS Group£646.77M1.12£20.68M£28.8835.04
XPS Pensions Group£199.97M3.90£256.22M£124.543.03

CVS Group received 213 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.31% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CVS GroupOutperform Votes
335
70.68%
Underperform Votes
139
29.32%
XPS Pensions GroupOutperform Votes
122
75.31%
Underperform Votes
40
24.69%

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 2.6%. 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.

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CVSG vs. The Competition

MetricCVS GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£725.33M£1.23B£3.06B£2.48B
Dividend Yield0.75%1.85%3.51%4.96%
P/E Ratio35.0411.0819.87129.75
Price / Sales1.1224.9358.69232,042.22
Price / Cash30.3330.5130.5728.07
Price / Book2.792.453.214.43
Net Income£20.68M£76.26M£257.24M£5.83B
7 Day Performance5.53%-1.05%1.37%3.01%
1 Month Performance-3.80%-9.14%-3.37%-1.06%
1 Year Performance7.09%-2.90%1,656.72%102.51%

CVS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVSG
CVS Group
N/AGBX 1,012
+1.0%
GBX 2,370
+134.2%
+8.8%£725.33M£646.77M35.049,100
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
1.21 of 5 stars
GBX 389.50
+2.2%
GBX 383.67
-1.5%
+48.6%£804.30M£199.97M3.131,712Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
MER
Mears Group
N/AGBX 386
-1.4%
N/A+8.3%£338.17M£1.08B8.605,000Gap Down
DTY
Dignity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£275.43M£323.10M-97.343,323
AA
AA
N/AN/AN/AN/A£218.24M£982M2.9913,100
PVG
Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.30M£3.96M-2.09112Gap Down
XAF
Xafinity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
TUI
TUI
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.86B£21.71B318.3652,661
WMH
William Hill
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.86B£1.32B44.5612,000
BWY
Bellway
N/AGBX 2,414
+3.0%
GBX 3,204.20
+32.7%
+0.6%£2.84B£2.34B21.932,979Gap Down
JET2
Jet2
2.8106 of 5 stars
GBX 1,312.58
+2.3%
GBX 2,077
+58.2%
-5.9%£2.80B£6.22B7.0211,716Dividend Cut
Gap Up

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This page (LON:CVSG) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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