VIC vs. WIX, TPT, CMO, KGF, EIG, CRN, DOM, CURY, PETS, and TIFS
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), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Cairn Homes (CRN), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Currys (CURY), Pets at Home Group (PETS), and TI Fluid Systems (TIFS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Victorian Plumbing Group vs.
Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
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 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 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.
Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Victorian Plumbing Group and Victorian Plumbing Group both had 1 articles in the media. Victorian Plumbing Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wickes Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Victorian Plumbing Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 132, suggesting a potential upside of 35.25%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Victorian Plumbing Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.2% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. 62.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wickes Group beats Victorian Plumbing Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VIC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
