WISE vs. SCT, CCC, SGE, FBT, DARK, SXS, RSW, NETW, FDM, and FDP
Should you be buying Wise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wise include Softcat (SCT), Computacenter (CCC), The Sage Group (SGE), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Darktrace (DARK), Spectris (SXS), Renishaw (RSW), Network International (NETW), FDM Group (FDM), and FD Technologies (FDP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Softcat (LON:SCT) and Wise (LON:WISE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
41.0% of Softcat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Wise shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Softcat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Wise shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Softcat has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wise has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% 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 Wise's net margin of 12.04%. Wise's return on equity of 50.40% beat Softcat's return on equity.
Softcat received 291 more outperform votes than Wise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.15% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Wise an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wise had 31 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Wise and 6 mentions for Softcat. Wise's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Softcat's score of 0.45 indicating that Softcat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Softcat presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,393.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.62%. Wise has a consensus target price of GBX 896.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Softcat's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wise is more favorable than Softcat.
Summary
Softcat beats Wise on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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