WISE vs. SCT, CCC, SGE, FBT, DARK, SXS, RSW, NETW, FDM, and FDP
Should you be buying Wise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wise include Softcat (SCT), Computacenter (CCC), The Sage Group (SGE), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Darktrace (DARK), Spectris (SXS), Renishaw (RSW), Network International (NETW), FDM Group (FDM), and FD Technologies (FDP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Wise (LON:WISE) and Softcat (LON:SCT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Wise had 24 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Wise and 5 mentions for Softcat. Wise's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Softcat's score of 0.10 indicating that Wise is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wise has a net margin of 18.05% compared to Softcat's net margin of 12.04%. Softcat's return on equity of 50.40% beat Wise's return on equity.
Wise presently has a consensus target price of GBX 896.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.01%. Softcat has a consensus target price of GBX 1,393.33, suggesting a potential downside of 15.96%. Given Wise's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wise is more favorable than Softcat.
Wise has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Softcat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.9% of Wise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of Wise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of Softcat shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Softcat received 291 more outperform votes than Wise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.15% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Wise an outperform vote.
Wise has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Softcat has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wise beats Softcat on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WISE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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