WATR vs. CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, SFT, INSE, GRA, CTG, and VNET
Should you be buying Water Intelligence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Water Intelligence include Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Software Circle (SFT), Inspired (INSE), Grafenia (GRA), Christie Group (CTG), and Vianet Group (VNET). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Water Intelligence vs.
Capita (LON:CPI) and Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Capita presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8,302.26%. Given Capita's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capita is more favorable than Water Intelligence.
Capita has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Water Intelligence has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capita. Capita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Water Intelligence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Water Intelligence has a net margin of 6.15% compared to Capita's net margin of -1.64%. Water Intelligence's return on equity of 7.89% beat Capita's return on equity.
Capita received 308 more outperform votes than Water Intelligence when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.83% of users gave Water Intelligence an outperform vote while only 52.89% of users gave Capita an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Water Intelligence had 2 more articles in the media than Capita. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Water Intelligence and 0 mentions for Capita. Water Intelligence's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Capita's score of 0.00 indicating that Water Intelligence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.7% of Capita shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Capita shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Water Intelligence beats Capita on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WATR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
