Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB) Competitors

Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts recommend ARBB or WIX?

Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 4.23%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arbuthnot Banking Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARBB or WIX?

20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARBB or WIX?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to 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.

Is ARBB or WIX a better dividend stock?

Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Arbuthnot Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARBB or WIX?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wickes Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, 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
Arbuthnot Banking Group	£239.83M	0.63	£30.60M	£189.02	4.95
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.37	£29.25M	£12.37	18.15

Is ARBB or WIX more profitable?

Arbuthnot Banking Group has a net margin of 12.76% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Arbuthnot Banking Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arbuthnot Banking Group	12.76%	12.11%	0.75%
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%

Does the media prefer ARBB or WIX?

In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 5 mentions for Wickes Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arbuthnot Banking Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wickes Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Wickes Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.