TPT vs. WIX, VIC, CMO, KGF, HFD, GLE, MMH, PINE, LGRS, and TEG
Should you be buying Topps Tiles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Topps Tiles include Wickes Group (WIX), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), CMO Group (CMO), Kingfisher (KGF), Halfords Group (HFD), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Marshall Motor (MMH), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Loungers (LGRS), and Ten Entertainment Group (TEG). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Topps Tiles (LON:TPT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Topps Tiles had 2 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Topps Tiles and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Topps Tiles' score of 0.00 indicating that Topps Tiles is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Topps Tiles. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topps Tiles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.1% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Topps Tiles shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Topps Tiles shares are held by company 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.
Wickes Group has a net margin of 1.92% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 1.22%. Topps Tiles' return on equity of 18.19% beat Wickes Group's return on equity.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Topps Tiles has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Topps Tiles pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Topps Tiles pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Topps Tiles received 460 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 78.01% of users gave Topps Tiles an outperform vote.
Summary
Wickes Group beats Topps Tiles on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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