XPP vs. VLX, TFW, CWR, SUP, LUCE, AFC, DWHT, DIA, IKA, and DWHA
Should you be buying XP Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XP Power include Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), Ceres Power (CWR), Supreme (SUP), Luceco (LUCE), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), and Dewhurst Group (DWHA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
XP Power vs.
XP Power (LON:XPP) and Volex (LON:VLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
66.1% of XP Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
XP Power pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Volex pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. XP Power pays out -12,533.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
XP Power presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,656.67, suggesting a potential upside of 33.60%. Volex has a consensus price target of GBX 400, suggesting a potential upside of 38.17%. Given Volex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than XP Power.
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.
In the previous week, Volex had 4 more articles in the media than XP Power. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Volex and 2 mentions for XP Power. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat XP Power's score of 0.34 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
XP Power has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volex has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Volex beats XP Power on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:XPP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
