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Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

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GBX 153.40 +2.80 (+1.86%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:56 AM ET)

WIX vs. SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, SST, CNIC, API, SRAD, NET, and GVP

Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), CentralNic Group (CNIC), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), and Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Wickes Group vs.

Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Spirent Communications. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spirent Communications£447.70M2.25£13.30M£0.028,825.00
Wickes Group£1.53B0.24£30.70M£0.121,278.33

Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Spirent Communications pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wickes Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Spirent Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Spirent Communications and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Spirent Communications Positive
Wickes Group Neutral

Spirent Communications currently has a consensus target price of GBX 236.80, indicating a potential upside of 34.16%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential upside of 17.34%. Given Spirent Communications' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirent Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Wickes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Spirent Communications has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.20% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirent Communications2.97% 3.56% 2.77%
Wickes Group 2.01%19.20%3.77%

Spirent Communications received 578 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Spirent CommunicationsOutperform Votes
599
59.19%
Underperform Votes
413
40.81%
Wickes GroupOutperform Votes
21
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wickes Group beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WIX vs. The Competition

MetricWickes GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£363.70M£1.08B£2.98B£1.85B
Dividend Yield6.60%3.83%3.89%10.60%
P/E Ratio1,278.33731.60344.921,786.40
Price / Sales0.2435.92351.88377,495.10
Price / Cash2.144.7328.8428.01
Price / Book2.432.533.322.91
Net Income£30.70M£93.45M£284.33M£155.90M
7 Day Performance-0.78%-1.76%-1.52%-1.91%
1 Month Performance3.23%-2.07%0.04%17.62%
1 Year Performance6.01%-4.71%9.12%29.01%

Wickes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIX
Wickes Group
2.1525 of 5 stars
GBX 153.40
+1.9%
GBX 180
+17.3%
+5.4%£363.70M£1.53B1,278.335,930Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.6094 of 5 stars
GBX 177.20
-0.9%
GBX 246.25
+39.0%
+47.1%£1.01B£447.70M8,880.001,526News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
2.8849 of 5 stars
GBX 399.50
-0.4%
GBX 512.50
+28.3%
-2.8%£995.43M£554.10M4,010.002,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 76.70
+0.2%
N/A-18.3%£737.64M£877.10M1,093.57890Positive News
Gap Down
YOU
YouGov
2.4638 of 5 stars
GBX 449.46
+0.8%
GBX 905
+101.4%
-64.9%£524.83M£270M2,241.761,820
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 1,500
+1.0%
N/A+18.4%£353.25M£53.86M889.22320
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 60.80
+0.5%
N/A-87.4%£231.78M£32.44M-3,025.001,310Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 140
flat
N/A+11.7%£178.29M£294.27M1,166.672,960Gap Down
NET
Netcall
2.347 of 5 stars
GBX 101.50
+0.5%
GBX 130
+28.1%
+9.8%£167.38M£37.42M3,414.803,220Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 158
-7.6%
N/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down

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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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