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Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

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GBX 148.62 +0.42 (+0.28%)
(As of 08:35 AM ET)

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

Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Genuit Group (GEN), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), 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.

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

Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Genuit Group pays out 12,000.0% 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.

Genuit Group received 13 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 87.18% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Genuit GroupOutperform Votes
34
87.18%
Underperform Votes
5
12.82%
Wickes GroupOutperform Votes
21
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group 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.

Genuit Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 512.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.74%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 21.11%. Given Genuit Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genuit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genuit Group£554.10M1.76£23.60M£0.103,920.00
Wickes Group£1.53B0.23£30.70M£0.121,238.50

Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Genuit Group has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.20% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genuit Group4.26% 3.75% 4.59%
Wickes Group 2.01%19.20%3.77%

In the previous week, Genuit Group and Genuit Group both had 1 articles in the media. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Genuit Group's score of -0.19 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genuit Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

Summary

Genuit Group and Wickes Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WIX vs. The Competition

MetricWickes GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£352.36M£1.22B£2.37B£1.39B
Dividend Yield6.60%3.83%4.38%11.73%
P/E Ratio1,238.50785.90383.521,549.36
Price / Sales0.2339.68360.17209,059.57
Price / Cash2.144.7325.1632.93
Price / Book2.362.743.092.80
Net Income£30.70M£93.45M£257.93M£152.70M
7 Day Performance0.42%-2.37%-0.95%-0.51%
1 Month Performance-8.37%-4.35%-2.77%7.11%
1 Year Performance12.93%2.71%11.82%91.82%

Wickes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIX
Wickes Group
2.7396 of 5 stars
GBX 148.62
+0.3%
GBX 180
+21.1%
+12.3%£352.36M£1.53B1,238.505,930Gap Down
GEN
Genuit Group
1.9014 of 5 stars
GBX 392
+1.0%
GBX 512.50
+30.7%
+26.0%£976.75M£554.10M3,880.002,700
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.224 of 5 stars
GBX 169.76
-0.4%
GBX 253.33
+49.2%
+58.5%£970.78M£447.70M8,525.001,526
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 54.85
-1.8%
N/A-51.8%£527.50M£877.10M797.86890Dividend Cut
Gap Up
YOU
YouGov
3.3273 of 5 stars
GBX 425
-0.7%
GBX 905
+112.9%
-59.2%£496.27M£270M2,140.001,820
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AGBX 123.20
+2.0%
N/A-1.3%£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 1,414.97
+0.7%
N/A+12.4%£333.23M£53.86M841.32320Dividend Increase
Positive News
API
abrdn Property Income Trust
N/AGBX 60.60
+0.2%
N/A+23.0%£231.02M£32.44M-3,022.501,310
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 138.10
-2.4%
N/A+38.7%£175.87M£294.27M1,150.002,960
NET
Netcall
2.7109 of 5 stars
GBX 98.57
-0.9%
GBX 130
+31.9%
+23.6%£162.54M£37.42M3,285.503,220
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 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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