TPK vs. FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, EPWN, and KGP
Should you be buying Travis Perkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travis Perkins include Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), 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.
Travis Perkins vs. Its Competitors
Travis Perkins (LON:TPK) and Volution Group (LON:FAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
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 1.2%. 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.
Travis Perkins currently has a consensus target price of GBX 780, suggesting a potential upside of 49.14%. Volution Group has a consensus target price of GBX 720, suggesting a potential upside of 10.09%. Given Travis Perkins' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Travis Perkins is more favorable than Volution Group.
Travis Perkins has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volution Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Volution Group had 1 more articles in the media than Travis Perkins. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volution Group and 1 mentions for Travis Perkins. Travis Perkins' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Volution Group'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
75.2% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Volution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Travis Perkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Volution Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Volution Group beats Travis Perkins on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TPK) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
