Trifast (TRI) Competitors

Mincon Group (LON:MCON) and Trifast (LON:TRI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is MCON or TRI a better dividend stock?

Mincon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Trifast pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mincon Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trifast pays out -6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MCON or TRI?

Mincon Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trifast. Trifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mincon Group, 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
Mincon Group	£156.93M	0.60	£7.47M	£0.03	1,466.67
Trifast	£241.78M	0.43	-£3.81M	-£0.03	-2,566.67

Do analysts rate MCON or TRI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mincon Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Trifast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MCON or TRI?

32.9% of Mincon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Trifast shares are held by institutional investors. 56.4% of Mincon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Trifast 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.

Is MCON or TRI more profitable?

Mincon Group has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Mincon Group's net margin of -1.58%. Trifast's return on equity of 4.85% beat Mincon Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mincon Group	4.76%	4.85%	3.46%
Trifast	-1.58%	-2.77%	2.46%

Which has more volatility and risk, MCON or TRI?

Mincon Group has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trifast has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MCON or TRI?

In the previous week, Trifast had 2 more articles in the media than Mincon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Trifast and 2 mentions for Mincon Group. Mincon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Trifast's score of -0.84 indicating that Trifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mincon Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Trifast	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCON or TRI?

Trifast received 348 more outperform votes than Mincon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.76% of users gave Trifast an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Mincon Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mincon Group	Outperform Votes 60 61.22%	Underperform Votes 38 38.78%
Trifast	Outperform Votes 408 81.76%	Underperform Votes 91 18.24%

Summary

Mincon Group beats Trifast on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.