WIX vs. SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, SST, CNIC, NET, SRAD, GVP, and ARBB
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), Netcall (NET), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), and Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Wickes Group vs.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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.
Wickes Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential upside of 15.24%. Spirent Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 236.80, indicating a potential upside of 32.96%. Given Spirent Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Spirent Communications had 7 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Spirent Communications and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Spirent Communications received 579 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Wickes Group beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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