Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WEY or WIL?

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

Do analysts recommend WEY or WIL?

Wilmington has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 29.31%. Given Wilmington's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Wey Education.

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

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 preferable earnings and 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	3.17	£18.57M	£20.86	16.69

Does the media favor WEY or WIL?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 34 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wey Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Wilmington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wey Education	Neutral
Wilmington	Neutral

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.