WISE vs. SCT, CCC, FDM, FDP, RCN, KCT, IBPO, ECK, NASA, and SSY
Should you be buying Wise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wise include Softcat (SCT), Computacenter (CCC), FDM Group (FDM), FD Technologies (FDP), Redcentric (RCN), Kin and Carta (KCT), iEnergizer (IBPO), Eckoh (ECK), Nasstar (NASA), and Scisys Group (SSY). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
Wise (LON:WISE) and Softcat (LON:SCT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
22.1% of Wise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of Wise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.9% of Softcat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Wise had 20 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Wise and 3 mentions for Softcat. Wise's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Softcat's score of 0.00 indicating that Wise is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wise has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Softcat has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wise has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Softcat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wise has a net margin of 18.05% compared to Softcat's net margin of 12.04%. Softcat's return on equity of 50.40% beat Wise's return on equity.
Wise presently has a consensus target price of GBX 896.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.96%. Softcat has a consensus target price of GBX 1,393.33, suggesting a potential downside of 17.65%. Given Wise's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wise is more favorable than Softcat.
Softcat received 292 more outperform votes than Wise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.22% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Wise an outperform vote.
Summary
Wise beats Softcat on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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