Pearson (PSON) Competitors

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

Is PSON or TRI a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PSON or TRI 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
Pearson	9.83%	8.78%	4.85%
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.42%	2.47%

Which has more volatility & risk, PSON or TRI?

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PSON or TRI?

83.7% of Pearson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Trifast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Pearson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Trifast 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSON or TRI?

Pearson received 304 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 712 54.56%	Underperform Votes 593 45.44%
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PSON or TRI?

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
Pearson	£3.55B	2.37	£349M	£0.50	2,538.00
Trifast	£233.67M	0.49	-£4.44M	-£0.03	-2,846.67

Do analysts rate PSON or TRI?

Pearson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,146.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.63%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pearson is more favorable than Trifast.

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

Does the media prefer PSON or TRI?

In the previous week, Pearson had 3 more articles in the media than Trifast. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pearson and 2 mentions for Trifast. Pearson's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Trifast's score of 0.02 indicating that Pearson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.