XP Power (XPP) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and 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	£912.80M	0.55	£39.30M	£0.16	1,750.00
XP Power	£283.30M	1.04	-£14.70M	-£0.75	-1,666.67

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 74.86% 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 74.86%	Underperform Votes 93 25.14%

Do analysts prefer VLX or XPP?

Volex currently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 42.86%. XP Power has a consensus target price of GBX 1,656.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.53%. Given Volex's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than XP Power.

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)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to VLX or XPP?

In the previous week, XP Power had 1 more articles in the media than Volex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XP Power and 0 mentions for Volex. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Volex's score of 0.00 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Volex	Neutral
XP Power	Positive

Is VLX or XPP a better dividend stock?

Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Volex 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. XP Power pays out -12,533.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XP Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VLX or XPP more profitable?

Volex has a net margin of 4.30% compared to XP Power's net margin of -5.19%. Volex's return on equity of 14.15% beat XP Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.30%	14.15%	6.30%
XP Power	-5.19%	-10.09%	2.24%

Summary

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