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Inspired (INSE) Competitors

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GBX 80.20 -0.30 (-0.37%)
As of 08/8/2025 11:43 AM Eastern

INSE vs. YOU, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, NET, ARBB, GVP, CYN, APP, and SLE

Should you be buying Inspired stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inspired include YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), Appreciate Group (APP), and San Leon Energy (SLE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Inspired vs. Its Competitors

Inspired (LON:INSE) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

YouGov has a consensus target price of GBX 662.50, indicating a potential upside of 94.57%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Inspired.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Inspired
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
YouGov
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Inspired has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inspired, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Inspired£155.87M0.82£1.74M£1.0973.43
YouGov£335.28M1.19-£2.30M-£1.96-173.53

In the previous week, YouGov had 30 more articles in the media than Inspired. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for YouGov and 5 mentions for Inspired. Inspired's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat YouGov's score of 0.29 indicating that Inspired is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Inspired
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
YouGov
1 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

72.3% of Inspired shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Inspired shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Inspired pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Inspired pays out 274.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Inspired has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Inspired has a net margin of 1.12% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Inspired's return on equity of 1.84% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Inspired1.12% 1.84% 8.75%
YouGov -0.69%-1.23%4.89%

Summary

Inspired beats YouGov on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding INSE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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INSE vs. The Competition

MetricInspiredSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£128.04M£6.34B£7.61B£3.07B
Dividend Yield4.40%4.93%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio73.4332.2224.97170.60
Price / Sales0.82133.7199.47303,755.49
Price / Cash11.2940.5427.9827.96
Price / Book1.247.484.304.52
Net Income£1.74M£144.67M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.25%-1.28%1.09%1.27%
1 Month Performance0.24%-3.15%1.44%3.66%
1 Year Performance8.38%39.05%33.85%58.43%

Inspired Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.20
-0.4%
N/A+6.9%£128.04M£155.87M73.431,600News Coverage
YOU
YouGov
2.8081 of 5 stars
GBX 348.50
-2.2%
GBX 662.50
+90.1%
-35.9%£407.80M£335.28M-177.611,820Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
2.2058 of 5 stars
GBX 77.40
+3.8%
GBX 93
+20.2%
+36.8%£249.79M£99.97M36.27160Gap Up
SRAD
Stelrad Group
2.9134 of 5 stars
GBX 170
-0.6%
N/A+21.8%£225.85M£306.97M14.612,960News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NET
Netcall
2.2111 of 5 stars
GBX 118
-1.3%
GBX 138.33
+17.2%
+28.1%£195.05M£39.16M33.233,220Gap Up
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 1,010
-1.2%
N/A+11.7%£163.48M£239.83M5.34799Gap Up
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 214
-0.9%
N/A+25.8%£134.57M£12.63M15.2140Positive News
Gap Down
APP
Appreciate Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£79.19M£120.97M1,406.671,710
SLE
San Leon Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£74.24M£5.86M412.50100

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This page (LON:INSE) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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