CYN vs. WIX, CNIC, SST, YOU, SLP, SRAD, NET, GVP, ARBB, and APP
Should you be buying CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income include Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), YouGov (YOU), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), and Appreciate Group (APP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income vs. Its Competitors
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (LON:CYN) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 223.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income pays out -0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income has a net margin of 68.67% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's return on equity.
0.8% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wickes Group had 4 more articles in the media than CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wickes Group and 0 mentions for CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wickes Group beats CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CYN) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
