Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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 favor WIL or WEY?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 35 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.13 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington	Neutral
Wey Education	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WIL or WEY?

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	3.38	£17.20M	£0.19	1,957.89
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.