Worldsec (WSL) Competitors

TEAM (LON:TEAM) and Worldsec (LON:WSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TEAM or WSL?

Worldsec has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TEAM. TEAM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worldsec, 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
TEAM	£13.63M	0.62	-£1.73M	-£3.26	-4.97
Worldsec	-£270.22K	-7.88	-£1.01M	-£0.76	-2.65

Does the media refer more to TEAM or WSL?

In the previous week, TEAM had 1 more articles in the media than Worldsec. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TEAM and 0 mentions for Worldsec. TEAM's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Worldsec'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TEAM	Neutral
Worldsec	Neutral

Is TEAM or WSL more profitable?

Worldsec has a net margin of 372.69% compared to TEAM's net margin of -12.69%. TEAM's return on equity of -10.45% beat Worldsec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TEAM	-12.69%	-10.45%	-12.47%
Worldsec	372.69%	-14.84%	-5.26%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TEAM or WSL?

Worldsec received 27 more outperform votes than TEAM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Worldsec an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave TEAM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TEAM	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%
Worldsec	Outperform Votes 28 66.67%	Underperform Votes 14 33.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, TEAM or WSL?

TEAM has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldsec has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TEAM or WSL?

21.0% of TEAM shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of TEAM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.6% of Worldsec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Worldsec beats TEAM on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.