WATR vs. RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, INSE, SFT, GRA, and CTG
Should you be buying Water Intelligence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Water Intelligence include RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), Grafenia (GRA), and Christie Group (CTG). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Water Intelligence vs. Its Competitors
RWS (LON:RWS) and Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 179.36%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than Water Intelligence.
Water Intelligence has a net margin of 6.15% compared to RWS's net margin of -5.22%. Water Intelligence's return on equity of 7.89% beat RWS's return on equity.
In the previous week, Water Intelligence had 9 more articles in the media than RWS. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Water Intelligence and 2 mentions for RWS. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Water Intelligence's score of -0.02 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Water Intelligence has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Water Intelligence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Water Intelligence beats RWS on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:WATR) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
