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Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

GBX 31.30 +0.30 (+0.97%)
As of 03/28/2025 12:36 PM Eastern

SFT vs. DWF, RST, FRAN, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, INSE, and WATR

Should you be buying Software Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Software Circle include DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), and Water Intelligence (WATR). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Software Circle vs.

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

DWF Group received 55 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Software CircleN/AN/A
DWF GroupOutperform Votes
55
82.09%
Underperform Votes
12
17.91%

DWF Group has higher revenue and earnings than Software Circle. Software Circle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DWF Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Software Circle£16.16M7.56-£2.37M-£0.01-3,130.00
DWF Group£451.64M0.00£12.45M£0.04N/A

DWF Group has a net margin of 2.76% compared to Software Circle's net margin of -14.66%. DWF Group's return on equity of 19.89% beat Software Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Software Circle-14.66% -20.96% -4.49%
DWF Group 2.76%19.89%5.74%

In the previous week, Software Circle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled DWF Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Software Circle Neutral
DWF Group Neutral

17.6% of Software Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of DWF Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.1% of Software Circle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of DWF Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. DWF Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Software Circle pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DWF Group pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Software Circle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

DWF Group beats Software Circle on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SFT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftware CircleSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£122.10M£6.20B£6.87B£2.61B
Dividend Yield14.29%4.93%3.53%4.82%
P/E Ratio-3,130.0028.9020.74141.38
Price / Sales7.56126.0575.49283,159.35
Price / CashN/A40.5426.8728.02
Price / Book5.226.443.704.62
Net Income-£2.37M£144.67M£795.56M£5.81B
7 Day Performance2.69%0.69%-0.75%1.42%
1 Month Performance9.82%-0.95%-1.13%7.35%
1 Year Performance73.89%77.41%18.22%112.38%

Software Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 31.30
+1.0%
N/A+78.3%£122.10M£16.16M-3,130.00131Positive News
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RST
Restore
3.3291 of 5 stars
GBX 233.45
0.0%
GBX 390
+67.1%
+6.5%£313.47M£272.77M82.122,700News Coverage
Positive News
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 140
+0.7%
N/A-21.3%£270.60M£120.55M35.15715Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
CPI
Capita
3.2351 of 5 stars
GBX 13.84
-0.2%
GBX 1,117.50
+7,976.8%
+4.8%£233.76M£2.48B-5.7343,000Positive News
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 119.52
+0.4%
N/A+49.7%£231.40M£307.43M-11.531,841News Coverage
Gap Down
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 529
+0.6%
N/A-14.0%£168.85M£94.56M21.4176
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
1.6121 of 5 stars
GBX 100.50
-0.5%
GBX 150
+49.3%
-6.5%£160.02M£137.32M109.501,051Dividend Cut
Gap Down
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 138
-1.4%
N/A+6.6%£118.01M£143.94M11.991,353News Coverage
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 54
-0.9%
N/A-4.5%£86.21M£155.87M49.441,600
WATR
Water Intelligence
N/AGBX 351.50
+0.4%
N/A+6.6%£86.04M£108.13M16.20436
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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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