Travis Perkins (TPK) Competitors

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

Does the media favor TPK or FAN?

In the previous week, Travis Perkins had 4 more articles in the media than Volution Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Travis Perkins and 0 mentions for Volution Group. Volution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Travis Perkins' score of -0.31 indicating that Volution Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Travis Perkins	Neutral
Volution Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer TPK or FAN?

Travis Perkins currently has a consensus price target of GBX 900, suggesting a potential upside of 70.45%. Volution Group has a consensus price target of GBX 700, suggesting a potential upside of 32.83%. Given Travis Perkins' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.

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
Volution Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPK or FAN?

Travis Perkins received 486 more outperform votes than Volution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.08% of users gave Volution Group 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%
Volution Group	Outperform Votes 397 79.08%	Underperform Votes 105 20.92%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TPK or FAN?

Volution Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travis Perkins	£4.77B	0.23	-£17.46M	-£8.26	-63.92
Volution Group	£346.77M	3.00	£42.69M	£21.72	24.26

Is TPK or FAN a better dividend stock?

Travis Perkins pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Volution Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Travis Perkins pays out -133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Volution Group pays out 36.8% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TPK or FAN?

75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Volution Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Volution Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TPK or FAN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travis Perkins	-0.37%	-0.85%	1.42%
Volution Group	12.31%	17.78%	9.42%

Which has more volatility & risk, TPK or FAN?

Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.