Trifast (TRI) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PSON or TRI?

Pearson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,224, suggesting a potential downside of 9.87%. Given Pearson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Trifast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is PSON or TRI a better dividend stock?

Pearson pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pearson pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trifast pays out -62.4% 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. Trifast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, PSON or TRI?

Pearson has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trifast has a beta of 1.16, suggesting 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Trifast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Pearson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Trifast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSON or TRI?

Pearson received 305 more outperform votes than Trifast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.60% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave Pearson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pearson	Outperform Votes 713 54.59%	Underperform Votes 593 45.41%
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.60%	Underperform Votes 92 18.40%

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 8.98% beat Trifast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pearson	9.83%	8.98%	4.85%
Trifast	-1.90%	-3.47%	2.47%

Does the media refer more to PSON or TRI?

In the previous week, Pearson had 3 more articles in the media than Trifast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pearson and 1 mentions for Trifast. Trifast's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pearson's score of -0.02 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable valuation & 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	£3.52B	2.60	£346.29M	£51.59	26.32
Trifast	£239.48M	0.43	-£4.55M	-£3.21	-23.46

Summary

Pearson beats Trifast on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.