Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Vistry Group (LON:VTY) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is WIX or VTY a better dividend stock?

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistry Group pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistry Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WIX or VTY?

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vistry Group 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, WIX or VTY?

Vistry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wickes Group. Vistry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, 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
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.36	£29.25M	£12.37	17.87
Vistry Group	£3.55B	0.54	£245.05M	£75.26	7.82

Which has more volatility & risk, WIX or VTY?

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistry Group has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WIX or VTY more profitable?

Vistry Group has a net margin of 6.90% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Vistry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%
Vistry Group	6.90%	7.69%	3.43%

Do analysts recommend WIX or VTY?

Wickes Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential downside of 2.71%. Vistry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 631, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Vistry Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vistry Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vistry Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer WIX or VTY?

In the previous week, Vistry Group had 7 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vistry Group and 1 mentions for Wickes Group. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vistry Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vistry Group beats Wickes Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.