WIX vs. SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, CNIC, SST, 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), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), 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.
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Spirent Communications and Spirent Communications both had 1 articles in the media. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spirent Communications presently has a consensus target price of GBX 236.80, indicating a potential upside of 26.43%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 180, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Spirent Communications' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than Wickes Group.
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.
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 19.39% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.
Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes 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.
Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Spirent Communications pays out 324.3% 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 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. Wickes Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Wickes Group beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
