XP Power (XPP) Competitors

Volex (LON:VLX) and XP Power (LON:XPP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VLX or XPP?

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than XP Power. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, 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
Volex	£1.29B	0.47	£54.37M	£18.58	14.00
XP Power	£289.20M	0.68	-£15.01M	-£60.45	-13.42

Which has more volatility and risk, VLX or XPP?

Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XP Power has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VLX or XPP more profitable?

Volex has a net margin of 4.21% compared to XP Power's net margin of -5.19%. Volex's return on equity of 12.97% beat XP Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.21%	12.97%	6.30%
XP Power	-5.19%	-9.45%	2.24%

Do analysts prefer VLX or XPP?

Volex currently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 53.75%. XP Power has a consensus target price of GBX 1,440, indicating a potential upside of 77.56%. Given XP Power's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XP Power is more favorable than Volex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
XP Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is VLX or XPP a better dividend stock?

Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Volex pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP Power pays out -155.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. XP Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VLX or XPP?

XP Power received 40 more outperform votes than Volex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.72% of users gave Volex an outperform vote while only 74.66% of users gave XP Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Volex	Outperform Votes 237 75.72%	Underperform Votes 76 24.28%
XP Power	Outperform Votes 277 74.66%	Underperform Votes 94 25.34%

Does the media refer more to VLX or XPP?

In the previous week, Volex and Volex both had 1 articles in the media. XP Power's average media sentiment score of -0.23 beat Volex's score of -1.10 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Volex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
XP Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VLX or XPP?

35.0% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XP Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Volex beats XP Power on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.