VIC vs. WIX, TPT, CMO, KGF, TRN, DOM, TIFS, WOSG, PETS, and CURY
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), Trainline (TRN), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), Pets at Home Group (PETS), and Currys (CURY). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Wickes Group received 13 more outperform votes than Victorian Plumbing Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 95.65% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Victorian Plumbing Group an outperform vote.
Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 189, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. Victorian Plumbing Group has a consensus target price of GBX 132, indicating a potential upside of 37.51%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wickes Group had 8 more articles in the media than Victorian Plumbing Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Wickes Group and 1 mentions for Victorian Plumbing Group. Victorian Plumbing Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% 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 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Wickes Group has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Victorian Plumbing Group's net margin of 1.86%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Victorian Plumbing Group's return on equity.
Summary
Wickes Group beats Victorian Plumbing Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VIC) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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