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Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

GBX 23 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:14 PM ET)

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

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

Software Circle vs.

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

Restore has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Restore Neutral
Software Circle Neutral

Restore presently has a consensus target price of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 63.79%. Given Restore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Restore is more favorable than Software Circle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Restore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Software Circle
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

79.8% of Restore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Restore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.1% of Software Circle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Restore received 323 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RestoreOutperform Votes
323
81.77%
Underperform Votes
72
18.23%
Software CircleN/AN/A

Restore has a net margin of 1.37% compared to Software Circle's net margin of -14.66%. Restore's return on equity of 1.62% beat Software Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Restore1.37% 1.62% 3.37%
Software Circle -14.66%-20.96%-4.49%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Restore£276.90M1.15£3.80M£0.037,733.33
Software Circle£16.16M5.55-£2.37M-£0.01-2,300.00

Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Restore pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Software Circle pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Software Circle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Restore beats Software Circle on 13 of the 17 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£89.72M£6.74B£4.52B£1.85B
Dividend Yield14.29%5.08%4.06%10.60%
P/E Ratio-2,300.00967.23370.351,786.40
Price / Sales5.55118.62448.55377,495.10
Price / CashN/A38.7529.3728.01
Price / Book3.833.463.322.91
Net Income-£2.37M£184.73M£196.12M£155.90M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.49%-0.97%-1.91%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.00%-0.01%17.62%
1 Year Performance70.37%85.68%25.96%29.01%

Software Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 23
flat
N/A+70.4%£89.72M£16.16M-2,300.00131Gap Down
RST
Restore
N/AGBX 250
-2.3%
GBX 380
+52.0%
+6.9%£341.68M£276.90M8,566.672,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AGBX 99.60
flat
N/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 153.10
-2.8%
N/A-3.2%£294.50M£139.19M3,937.50715
CPI
Capita
2.5873 of 5 stars
GBX 15.74
-9.7%
GBX 1,117.50
+6,999.7%
-34.3%£266.01M£2.57B-794.4043,000High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 104
-1.9%
N/A+25.9%£203.88M£310.30M-1,060.001,841News Coverage
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 564.50
-1.3%
N/A+11.1%£178.33M£92.34M2,383.3376News Coverage
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.2659 of 5 stars
GBX 96.64
-0.4%
GBX 150
+55.2%
-19.3%£153.10M£136.73M9,700.001,051
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 100.10
-1.4%
N/A-8.8%£86.10M£149.96M922.731,353
WATR
Water Intelligence
N/AGBX 416.90
+1.7%
N/A+0.7%£72.54M£78.83M1,952.38436News Coverage
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 41.53
+3.8%
N/A-40.3%£43.71M£99.15M4,000.001,600News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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