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XP Factory (XPF) Competitors

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GBX 10.60 -0.40 (-3.64%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:22 AM Eastern

XPF vs. CCT, ESC, HRN, GOAL, TND, PIER, GFIN, INTO, KIN, and CCL

Should you be buying XP Factory stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP Factory include The Character Group (CCT), Escape Hunt (ESC), Hornby (HRN), Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL), Tandem Group (TND), The Brighton Pier Group (PIER), Gfinity (GFIN), INTOSOL (INTO), Kin Group (KIN), and Carnival Co. & (CCL). These companies are all part of the "leisure" industry.

XP Factory vs.

The Character Group (LON:CCT) and XP Factory (LON:XPF) 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 profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.

The Character Group has higher revenue and earnings than XP Factory. XP Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Character Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Character Group£116.84M0.40£5.22M£28.248.99
XP Factory£48.62M0.38-£356.10K-£0.20-52.14

In the previous week, The Character Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled XP Factory'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Character Group Neutral
XP Factory Neutral

The Character Group received 95 more outperform votes than XP Factory when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave The Character Group an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave XP Factory an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Character GroupOutperform Votes
96
67.61%
Underperform Votes
46
32.39%
XP FactoryOutperform Votes
1
12.50%
Underperform Votes
7
87.50%

20.8% of The Character Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of XP Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.5% of The Character Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of XP Factory shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Character Group has a net margin of 4.47% compared to XP Factory's net margin of -0.73%. The Character Group's return on equity of 14.13% beat XP Factory's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Character Group4.47% 14.13% 7.61%
XP Factory -0.73%-1.44%1.47%

The Character Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP Factory has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Character Group beats XP Factory on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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XPF vs. The Competition

MetricXP FactoryLeisure IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£18.57M£2.00B£3.11B£2.52B
Dividend YieldN/A4.42%3.48%4.80%
P/E Ratio-52.1457.2619.99131.29
Price / Sales0.38108.9957.95234,951.35
Price / Cash6.1211.9630.7728.35
Price / Book0.702.443.244.43
Net Income-£356,100.19£197.21M£260.10M£5.88B
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.40%1.36%2.88%
1 Month Performance-3.64%-7.91%-3.43%-0.96%
1 Year Performance-22.91%-1.81%1,662.48%22.36%

XP Factory Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XPF
XP Factory
N/AGBX 10.60
-3.6%
N/A-22.9%£18.57M£48.62M-52.14716Gap Down
CCT
The Character Group
N/AGBX 258
+0.8%
N/A-9.3%£47.69M£116.84M9.131,540Dividend Increase
Positive News
ESC
Escape Hunt
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.26M£2.53M-4.37146Gap Up
HRN
Hornby
N/AGBX 13.63
+0.9%
N/A-98.8%£23.14M£56.24M-1.92212Gap Down
GOAL
Goals Soccer Centres
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.46M£31.85M5.55691
TND
Tandem Group
N/AGBX 158
-2.2%
N/A-20.3%£8.65M£22.28M-9.7672Positive News
Gap Down
PIER
The Brighton Pier Group
N/AGBX 12.90
-3.0%
N/A-72.3%£4.81M£32.47M-1.27684Gap Down
GFIN
Gfinity
N/AGBX 0.05
-13.3%
N/A+82.9%£1.87M£1.64M-0.2944
INTO
INTOSOL
N/AN/AN/AN/A£242,000.00£861,747.00-1.3531
KIN
Kin Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0063
CCL
Carnival Co. &
N/AGBX 1,183
-3.3%
N/A+19.4%£21.37B£32.78B10.7240,000Gap Down

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This page (LON:XPF) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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