Ultimate Products (ULTP) Competitors

Ultimate Products (LON:ULTP) and UP Global Sourcing (LON:UPGS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ULTP or UPGS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ultimate Products	£152.45M	0.36	£10.32M	£12.19	5.25
UP Global Sourcing	£156.05M	0.00	£12.03M	£0.14	N/A

Is ULTP or UPGS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ultimate Products	6.77%	21.95%	9.97%
UP Global Sourcing	7.71%	29.55%	9.19%

Is ULTP or UPGS a better dividend stock?

Ultimate Products pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. 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.

Does the media refer more to ULTP or UPGS?

In the previous week, Ultimate Products' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled UP Global Sourcing'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ultimate Products	Neutral
UP Global Sourcing	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ULTP or UPGS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ultimate Products	Outperform Votes 3 33.33%	Underperform Votes 6 66.67%
UP Global Sourcing	Outperform Votes 55 51.89%	Underperform Votes 51 48.11%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ULTP or UPGS?

34.5% of Ultimate Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of Ultimate Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.5% of UP Global Sourcing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ULTP or UPGS?

Ultimate Products has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UP Global Sourcing has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ULTP or UPGS?

Ultimate Products currently has a consensus target price of GBX 156, indicating a potential upside of 143.75%. Given Ultimate Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ultimate Products is more favorable than UP Global Sourcing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ultimate Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
UP Global Sourcing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ultimate Products beats UP Global Sourcing on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.