VIC vs. WIX, TPT, CMO, KGF, WOSG, CRN, DOM, TIFS, CURY, and PETS
Should you be buying Victorian Plumbing Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victorian Plumbing Group include Wickes Group (WIX), Topps Tiles (TPT), CMO Group (CMO), Kingfisher (KGF), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), Cairn Homes (CRN), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Currys (CURY), and Pets at Home Group (PETS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Victorian Plumbing Group vs.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Victorian Plumbing Group's return on equity of 26.08% beat Wickes Group's return on equity.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Victorian Plumbing Group. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victorian Plumbing Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.2% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Victorian Plumbing Group had 7 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Victorian Plumbing Group and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Victorian Plumbing Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wickes Group received 14 more outperform votes than Victorian Plumbing Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Victorian Plumbing Group an outperform vote.
Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 23.26%. Victorian Plumbing Group has a consensus target price of GBX 132, suggesting a potential upside of 35.66%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Victorian Plumbing Group beats Wickes Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VIC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
