FAN vs. TPK, GEN, TYMN, JHD, COD, SUR, NXR, SRAD, ECEL, and KGP
Should you be buying Volution Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Volution Group include Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Volution Group vs.
Volution Group (LON:FAN) and Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Volution Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volution Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volution Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 700, indicating a potential upside of 37.25%. Travis Perkins has a consensus target price of GBX 912.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.78%. Given Travis Perkins' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.
Volution Group has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. Volution Group's return on equity of 17.78% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.
Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.6% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Volution Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Travis Perkins received 487 more outperform votes than Volution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.04% of users gave Volution Group an outperform vote while only 72.20% of users gave Travis Perkins an outperform vote.
Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Volution Group pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% 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. Travis Perkins is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Volution Group and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:FAN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
