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Shearwater Group (SWG) Competitors

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GBX 61.95 +1.95 (+3.25%)
As of 08/22/2025 09:55 AM Eastern

SWG vs. PCIP, IOM, INSG, MMX, MNO, GLAN, SYS, BRY, CLSU, and RCGH

Should you be buying Shearwater Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shearwater Group include PCI-PAL (PCIP), iomart Group (IOM), Insig AI (INSG), Minds and Machines Group (MMX), Maestrano Group (MNO), Glantus (GLAN), SysGroup (SYS), Brady (BRY), ClearStar, Inc. (CLSU.L) (CLSU), and RC365 (RCGH). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.

Shearwater Group vs. Its Competitors

PCI-PAL (LON:PCIP) and Shearwater Group (LON:SWG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

41.1% of PCI-PAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Shearwater Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of PCI-PAL shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Shearwater Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PCI-PAL has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shearwater Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Shearwater Group had 1 more articles in the media than PCI-PAL. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Shearwater Group and 0 mentions for PCI-PAL. Shearwater Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat PCI-PAL's score of 0.00 indicating that Shearwater Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PCI-PAL Neutral
Shearwater Group Positive

PCI-PAL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shearwater Group. PCI-PAL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shearwater Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PCI-PAL£17.95M1.96-£1.18M-£1.63-29.89
Shearwater Group£22.64M0.65-£2.17M-£9.11-6.80

PCI-PAL has a net margin of -6.56% compared to Shearwater Group's net margin of -9.58%. PCI-PAL's return on equity of 35.54% beat Shearwater Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PCI-PAL-6.56% 35.54% -10.01%
Shearwater Group -9.58%-4.66%-3.06%

Summary

PCI-PAL beats Shearwater Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SWG vs. The Competition

MetricShearwater GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£14.76M£342.12M£29.29B£3.22B
Dividend Yield2.50%3.26%3.09%5.04%
P/E Ratio-6.8010.6954.42164.63
Price / Sales0.6537,556.241,261.62310,107.36
Price / Cash29.4615.5135.2027.93
Price / Book0.328.699.585.90
Net Income-£2.17M-£18.35M£805.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.44%1.58%48.33%
1 Month Performance-0.09%-2.96%-0.11%49.98%
1 Year Performance58.84%10.08%24,107.89%127.65%

Shearwater Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWG
Shearwater Group
N/AGBX 61.95
+3.2%
N/A+44.4%£14.76M£22.64M-6.8094News Coverage
Gap Down
PCIP
PCI-PAL
N/AGBX 47.20
flat
N/A-11.6%£34.19M£17.95M-29.02121
IOM
iomart Group
N/AGBX 22.96
+1.6%
N/A-82.8%£27.04M£133.95M4.16480News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Gap Down
INSG
Insig AI
N/AGBX 22.80
+6.0%
N/A+75.2%£26.85M£434.81K-1.43410
MMX
Minds and Machines Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.60M£14.57M29.009,400News Coverage
Gap Down
MNO
Maestrano Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.27M£1.69M-20.8328
GLAN
Glantus
N/AN/AN/AN/A£17.13M£9.72M-239.29106News Coverage
SYS
SysGroup
N/AGBX 18.27
-1.2%
N/A-50.7%£15.21M£38.65M-1.52108
BRY
Brady
N/AN/AN/AN/A£15.17M£22.16M-4.921,370Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CLSU
ClearStar, Inc. (CLSU.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.36M£20.33M-8.5983
RCGH
RC365
N/AGBX 1
-9.1%
N/A-44.8%£13.33M£228.56M-0.3111Gap Down

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This page (LON:SWG) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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