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CVS Group (CVSG) Competitors

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GBX 847 +10.00 (+1.19%)
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CVSG vs. XPS, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, SPD, PTEC, MLC, and DNLM

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), Sports Direct International (SPD), Playtech (PTEC), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (MLC), and Dunelm Group (DNLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

CVS Group vs.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) and CVS Group (LON:CVSG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

XPS Pensions Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 356.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.44%. CVS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,370, indicating a potential upside of 179.48%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.

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

In the previous week, XPS Pensions Group and XPS Pensions Group both had 1 articles in the media. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat CVS Group's score of 0.75 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
XPS Pensions Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CVS Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XPS Pensions GroupOutperform Votes
121
76.10%
Underperform Votes
38
23.90%
CVS GroupOutperform Votes
335
70.68%
Underperform Votes
139
29.32%

XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 27.16% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 0.96%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 32.32% beat CVS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XPS Pensions Group27.16% 32.32% 7.60%
CVS Group 0.96%10.21%5.03%

XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. XPS Pensions Group pays out 4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CVS Group pays out 2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

XPS Pensions Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
XPS Pensions Group£199.43M3.61£54.17M£0.251,392.00
CVS Group£647.30M0.94£26.20M£0.362,355.56

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

87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of CVS Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of CVS Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CVSG vs. The Competition

MetricCVS GroupPersonal Services IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£608.36M£1.30B£2.44B£1.40B
Dividend Yield0.72%1.95%4.36%11.74%
P/E Ratio2,355.56159.11390.081,558.04
Price / Sales0.9428.60317.77311,012.94
Price / Cash30.3332.0225.5132.94
Price / Book2.346.663.062.85
Net Income£26.20M£50.59M£257.89M£152.80M
7 Day Performance-3.42%-1.30%-1.18%18.96%
1 Month Performance2.91%1.24%-0.13%18.69%
1 Year Performance-48.48%1.02%9.70%23.73%

CVS Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVSG
CVS Group
1.8236 of 5 stars
GBX 847
+1.2%
GBX 2,370
+179.8%
-48.8%£607.64M£647.30M2,352.789,100Gap Up
XPS
XPS Pensions Group
0.8249 of 5 stars
GBX 354
+0.6%
GBX 356.50
+0.7%
+48.9%£731.93M£199.43M1,408.001,712
MER
Mears Group
2.7236 of 5 stars
GBX 360.50
-0.8%
GBX 420
+16.5%
+20.6%£324.31M£1.14B886.595,000Gap Up
DTY
Dignity
N/AGBX 549
-0.5%
N/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/AGBX 34.50
-6.8%
N/AN/A£5.30M£3.96M-2.09112Gap Down
XAF
Xafinity
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
SPD
Sports Direct International
N/AGBX 470
-0.5%
N/AN/A£2.45B£3.70B21.8626,500High Trading Volume
PTEC
Playtech
N/AGBX 736
-0.3%
GBX 729
-1.0%
+68.5%£2.24B£1.75B2,460.007,700News Coverage
MLC
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£2.23B£992M60.8011,504
DNLM
Dunelm Group
1.2861 of 5 stars
GBX 1,093
-2.2%
GBX 1,237
+13.2%
-5.7%£2.21B£1.71B1,498.7211,000

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This page (LON:CVSG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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