Sylvania Platinum (SLP) Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, WIX or SLP?

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvania Platinum has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend WIX or SLP?

Wickes Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 17.34%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than Sylvania Platinum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sylvania Platinum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor WIX or SLP?

In the previous week, Sylvania Platinum had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sylvania Platinum and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sylvania Platinum's score of -1.05 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	Neutral
Sylvania Platinum	Negative

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WIX or SLP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group	£1.53B	0.24	£30.70M	£0.12	1,278.33
Sylvania Platinum	£81.71M	1.30	£6.98M	£0.02	2,025.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WIX or SLP?

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WIX or SLP more profitable?

Sylvania Platinum has a net margin of 8.55% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.20% beat Sylvania Platinum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.20%	3.77%
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	3.01%	1.69%

Is WIX or SLP a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sylvania Platinum pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wickes Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WIX or SLP?

Sylvania Platinum received 213 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 79.59% of users gave Sylvania Platinum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wickes Group	Outperform Votes 21 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Sylvania Platinum	Outperform Votes 234 79.59%	Underperform Votes 60 20.41%

Summary

Wickes Group beats Sylvania Platinum on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.