XPS vs. CVSG, MER, DTY, AA, PVG, XAF, JET2, TUI, WMH, and INCH
Should you be buying XPS Pensions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPS Pensions Group include CVS Group (CVSG), Mears Group (MER), Dignity (DTY), AA (AA), Premier Veterinary Group plc (PVG.L) (PVG), Xafinity (XAF), Jet2 (JET2), TUI (TUI), William Hill (WMH), and Inchcape (INCH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
XPS Pensions Group vs.
CVS Group (LON:CVSG) and XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
70.2% of CVS Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of CVS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of XPS Pensions Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CVS Group had 1 more articles in the media than XPS Pensions Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CVS Group and 0 mentions for XPS Pensions Group. XPS Pensions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CVS Group's score of -0.23 indicating that XPS Pensions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CVS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. XPS Pensions Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CVS Group pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPS Pensions Group pays out 8.0% 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. XPS Pensions Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CVS Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPS Pensions Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CVS Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,370, indicating a potential upside of 135.59%. XPS Pensions Group has a consensus target price of GBX 356.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.43%. Given CVS Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CVS Group is more favorable than XPS Pensions Group.
XPS Pensions Group has a net margin of 128.13% compared to CVS Group's net margin of 3.20%. XPS Pensions Group's return on equity of 156.24% beat CVS Group's return on equity.
XPS Pensions Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CVS Group. XPS Pensions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVS Group received 214 more outperform votes than XPS Pensions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.63% of users gave XPS Pensions Group an outperform vote while only 70.68% of users gave CVS Group an outperform vote.
Summary
XPS Pensions Group beats CVS Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:XPS) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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