Pearson (PSON) Competitors

Trifast (LON:TRI) and Pearson (LON:PSON) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is TRI or PSON more profitable?

Pearson has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Trifast's net margin of -1.90%. Pearson's return on equity of 8.78% beat Trifast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.42%	2.47%
Pearson	9.83%	8.78%	4.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRI or PSON?

Pearson received 303 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%
Pearson	Outperform Votes 711 54.52%	Underperform Votes 593 45.48%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TRI or PSON?

66.4% of Trifast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Trifast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRI or PSON?

Trifast has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pearson has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TRI or PSON?

Pearson has a consensus price target of GBX 1,101.75, indicating a potential downside of 8.00%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trifast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pearson	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TRI or PSON?

Pearson has higher revenue and earnings than Trifast. Trifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pearson, 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
Trifast	£233.67M	0.47	-£4.44M	-£0.03	-2,726.67
Pearson	£3.55B	2.24	£349M	£0.50	2,395.00

Is TRI or PSON a better dividend stock?

Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Trifast pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pearson pays out 4,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to TRI or PSON?

In the previous week, Trifast and Trifast both had 4 articles in the media. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Trifast's score of -0.29 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trifast	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pearson	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.