CYN vs. WIX, YOU, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, NET, ARBB, GVP, INSE, and APP
Should you be buying CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income include Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Inspired (INSE), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income vs. Its Competitors
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income had 3 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a net margin of 68.67% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.5% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Wickes Group beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CYN) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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