James Halstead (JHD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPK or JHD?

Travis Perkins received 730 more outperform votes than James Halstead when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.51% of users gave James Halstead 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%
James Halstead	Outperform Votes 153 72.51%	Underperform Votes 58 27.49%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TPK or JHD?

James Halstead has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Halstead, 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	£4.77B	0.25	-£17.46M	-£8.26	-68.04
James Halstead	£275.88M	2.25	£41.67M	£9.93	14.96

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TPK or JHD?

75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of James Halstead shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.1% of James Halstead shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TPK or JHD more profitable?

James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Travis Perkins' net margin of -0.37%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Travis Perkins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travis Perkins	-0.37%	-0.85%	1.42%
James Halstead	15.10%	23.72%	13.68%

Do analysts rate TPK or JHD?

Travis Perkins currently has a consensus price target of GBX 900, suggesting a potential upside of 60.14%. Given Travis Perkins' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than James Halstead.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travis Perkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
James Halstead	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TPK or JHD a better dividend stock?

Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. James Halstead pays out 90.7% 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 more volatility and risk, TPK or JHD?

Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Halstead has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TPK or JHD?

In the previous week, James Halstead had 4 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for James Halstead and 0 mentions for Travis Perkins. James Halstead's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Travis Perkins' score of 0.00 indicating that James Halstead is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Travis Perkins	Neutral
James Halstead	Neutral

Summary

James Halstead beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.