ARBB vs. WIX, YOU, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, NET, GVP, CYN, INSE, and APP
Should you be buying Arbuthnot Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbuthnot Banking Group include Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), Inspired (INSE), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Arbuthnot Banking Group vs. Its Competitors
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Arbuthnot Banking Group (LON:ARBB) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Arbuthnot Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbuthnot Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Arbuthnot Banking Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 6.28%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than Arbuthnot Banking Group.
68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of Arbuthnot Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbuthnot Banking Group has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Arbuthnot Banking Group had 1 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Arbuthnot Banking Group and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Arbuthnot Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Arbuthnot Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Arbuthnot Banking Group beats Wickes Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ARBB) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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