VIC vs. WIX, TPT, VCP, OTB, DFS, VTU, LGRS, MACF, FSTA, and GLE
Should you be buying Victorian Plumbing Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victorian Plumbing Group include Wickes Group (WIX), Topps Tiles (TPT), Victoria (VCP), On the Beach Group (OTB), DFS Furniture (DFS), Vertu Motors (VTU), Loungers (LGRS), Macfarlane Group (MACF), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), and MJ Gleeson (GLE). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Victorian Plumbing Group (LON:VIC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Victorian Plumbing Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Victorian Plumbing Group pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victorian Plumbing Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Victorian Plumbing Group's net margin of 1.92%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 25.43% beat Victorian Plumbing Group's return on equity.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Victorian Plumbing Group. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victorian Plumbing Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Victorian Plumbing Group had 2 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Victorian Plumbing Group and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Victorian Plumbing Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Victorian Plumbing Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wickes Group received 16 more outperform votes than Victorian Plumbing Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Victorian Plumbing Group an outperform vote.
Victorian Plumbing Group has a consensus target price of GBX 116, suggesting a potential upside of 55.08%. Given Wickes Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victorian Plumbing Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
57.1% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.6% of Victorian Plumbing Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Victorian Plumbing Group beats Wickes Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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