Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Is WIL or WEY more profitable?

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
Wilmington	41.91%	17.55%	7.72%
Wey Education	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to WIL or WEY?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 30 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Wilmington and 1 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Wilmington's score of 0.05 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wey Education	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WIL or WEY?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wilmington	Outperform Votes 455 79.68%	Underperform Votes 116 20.32%
Wey Education	Outperform Votes 88 66.17%	Underperform Votes 45 33.83%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of WIL or WEY?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WIL or WEY?

Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Wey Education. Wey Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington, 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
Wilmington	£98.32M	3.53	£17.20M	£0.19	2,042.11
Wey Education	£8.36M	0.00	N/A	£0.60	N/A

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.