ULTP vs. UPGS, VCP, HEAD, CHH, CFX, LIKE, SDG, PMP, JLH, and HWDN
Should you be buying Ultimate Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultimate Products include UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Victoria (VCP), Headlam Group (HEAD), Churchill China (CHH), Colefax Group (CFX), Likewise Group (LIKE), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Portmeirion Group (PMP), John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "furnishings, fixtures & appliances" industry.
Ultimate Products vs.
Ultimate Products (LON:ULTP) and UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
UP Global Sourcing received 52 more outperform votes than Ultimate Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.89% of users gave UP Global Sourcing an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Ultimate Products an outperform vote.
34.5% of Ultimate Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Ultimate Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UP Global Sourcing has a net margin of 7.71% compared to Ultimate Products' net margin of 6.77%. UP Global Sourcing's return on equity of 29.55% beat Ultimate Products' return on equity.
Ultimate Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. UP Global Sourcing pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Ultimate Products pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UP Global Sourcing pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ultimate Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ultimate Products presently has a consensus target price of GBX 156, suggesting a potential upside of 118.95%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.
In the previous week, Ultimate Products had 13 more articles in the media than UP Global Sourcing. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ultimate Products and 0 mentions for UP Global Sourcing. Ultimate Products' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat UP Global Sourcing's score of 0.00 indicating that Ultimate Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UP Global Sourcing has higher revenue and earnings than Ultimate Products. UP Global Sourcing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultimate Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ultimate Products beats UP Global Sourcing on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ULTP) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
