Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WEY or WIL?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WEY or WIL?

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

Does the media refer more to WEY or WIL?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 43 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.22 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wey Education	Neutral
Wilmington	Neutral

Is WEY or WIL more profitable?

Wilmington has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Wey Education's net margin of 0.00%. Wilmington's return on equity of 18.71% beat Wey Education's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wey Education	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wilmington	18.89%	18.71%	7.72%

Which has better earnings & valuation, WEY or WIL?

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
Wey Education	£8.36M	0.00	N/A	£0.60	N/A
Wilmington	£98.26M	3.22	£18.57M	£20.86	16.93

Summary

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