JHD vs. FAN, TPK, GEN, TYMN, NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, EPWN, and KGP
Should you be buying James Halstead stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Halstead include Volution Group (FAN), Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Kingspan Group (KGP). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
James Halstead vs. Its Competitors
Volution Group (LON:FAN) and James Halstead (LON:JHD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
James Halstead has a net margin of 15.10% compared to Volution Group's net margin of 12.31%. James Halstead's return on equity of 23.72% beat Volution Group's return on equity.
84.6% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of James Halstead shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Volution Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.1% of James Halstead shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volution Group has higher revenue and earnings than James Halstead. James Halstead 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 has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% 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.
Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. James Halstead pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Volution Group pays out 36.8% 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.
In the previous week, Volution Group and Volution Group both had 1 articles in the media. James Halstead's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Volution Group's score of 0.20 indicating that James Halstead is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Volution Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 10.41%. Given Volution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Volution Group is more favorable than James Halstead.
Summary
Volution Group beats James Halstead on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JHD) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
