SFT vs. DWF, RST, CPI, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, WATR, and GRA
Should you be buying Software Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Software Circle include DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), Capita (CPI), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Water Intelligence (WATR), and Grafenia (GRA). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
17.6% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of DWF Group shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Software Circle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of DWF Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, DWF Group had 4 more articles in the media than Software Circle. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DWF Group and 0 mentions for Software Circle. DWF Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Software Circle's score of 0.00 indicating that DWF Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.
Given DWF Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DWF Group is more favorable than Software Circle.
Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DWF Group received 55 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
Summary
DWF Group beats Software Circle on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
