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Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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WIL vs. WEY, CODE, OBOR, MLVN, GFHG, ASIA, DCG, GNC, HFG, and FEVR

Should you be buying Wilmington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wilmington include Wey Education (WEY), Northcoders Group (CODE), Starcrest Education The Belt & Road Limited (OBOR.L) (OBOR), Malvern International (MLVN), Grand Fortune High Grade (GFHG), Asia Strategic (ASIA), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), and Fevertree Drinks (FEVR). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Wilmington vs.

Wilmington (LON:WIL) and Wey Education (LON:WEY) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Wey Education.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wilmington£98.32M0.00£17.20M£0.19N/A
Wey Education£8.36M0.00N/A£0.60N/A

Wilmington has a net margin of 41.91% compared to Wey Education's net margin of 0.00%. Wilmington's return on equity of 17.55% beat Wey Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wilmington41.91% 17.55% 7.72%
Wey Education N/A N/A N/A

Wilmington presently has a consensus target price of GBX 418, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wilmington
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Wey Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

80.2% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Wilmington shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Wilmington had 38 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.07 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wilmington Neutral
Wey Education Neutral

Wilmington received 367 more outperform votes than Wey Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.68% of users gave Wilmington an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Wey Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WilmingtonOutperform Votes
455
79.68%
Underperform Votes
116
20.32%
Wey EducationOutperform Votes
88
66.17%
Underperform Votes
45
33.83%

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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WIL vs. The Competition

MetricWilmingtonEducation & Training Services IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£348.39M£11.61M£5.84B£1.80B
Dividend Yield2.83%2.81%3.19%6.70%
P/E Ratio2,026.320.02204.561,777.21
Price / SalesN/A2,417,611.11161,231.47283,843.15
Price / Cash13.105.03141.4923.82
Price / BookN/A3.683.102.93
Net Income£17.20M£532,500.00£161.42M£183.62M

Wilmington Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIL
Wilmington
2.0277 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 418
+∞
N/A£348.39M£98.32M2,026.321,000News Coverage
WEY
Wey Education
N/AN/AN/AN/A£66.08M£8.36M78.75200
CODE
Northcoders Group
N/AGBX 155
flat
N/A+24.0%£12.42M£8.01M-1,937.50128
OBOR
Starcrest Education The Belt & Road Limited (OBOR.L)
N/AGBX 50.50
+20.2%
N/A+0.0%£10.89MN/A-0.09N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
MLVN
Malvern International
N/AGBX 21
+5.0%
N/A-16.0%£5.13M£13.54M-2,100.00153
GFHG
Grand Fortune High Grade
N/AGBX 2.75
flat
N/AN/A£4.40M£26.00-8.75N/A
ASIA
Asia Strategic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£128,000.00£27.03M-2.252,231Gap Down
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 197.60
+1.4%
GBX 130
-34.2%
+95.6%£886.61M£1.85B1,976.0013,602
HFG
Hilton Food Group
1.5659 of 5 stars
GBX 920
+1.5%
GBX 1,077.50
+17.1%
+30.5%£825.24M£3.81B1,803.927,000News Coverage
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
1.509 of 5 stars
GBX 685.50
+0.2%
GBX 1,543.75
+125.2%
-36.5%£800.25M£361.70M3,607.89375

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This page (LON:WIL) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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