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GBX 75.65 +0.65 (+0.87%)
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INSE vs. YOU, CNIC, SLP, NET, SRAD, 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), Netcall (NET), Stelrad Group (SRAD), 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

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

In the previous week, YouGov had 28 more articles in the media than Inspired. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for YouGov and 4 mentions for Inspired. Inspired's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat YouGov's score of 0.19 indicating that Inspired is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
YouGov
2 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Inspired
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

YouGov currently has a consensus price target of GBX 880, suggesting a potential upside of 166.26%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Inspired.

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

YouGov received 24 more outperform votes than Inspired when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.66% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote while only 64.13% of users gave Inspired an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
YouGovOutperform Votes
226
67.66%
Underperform Votes
108
32.34%
InspiredOutperform Votes
202
64.13%
Underperform Votes
113
35.87%

Inspired has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
YouGov£335.28M1.15-£2.30M-£1.96-168.43
Inspired£155.87M0.77£1.74M£1.0969.27

YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Inspired pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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

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
YouGov-0.69% -1.23% 4.89%
Inspired 1.12%1.84%8.75%

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

Summary

YouGov and Inspired tied by winning 10 of the 20 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£120.77M£6.63B£7.79B£2.93B
Dividend Yield4.40%4.93%4.56%4.90%
P/E Ratio69.2732.0125.40125.70
Price / Sales0.77136.05118.44243,028.71
Price / Cash11.2940.5426.8428.07
Price / Book1.177.654.224.76
Net Income£1.74M£144.67M£807.24M£5.91B
7 Day Performance1.30%1.49%1.22%13.21%
1 Month Performance9.56%2.46%9.31%16.80%
1 Year Performance-11.52%42.89%25.43%78.27%

Inspired Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 75.65
+0.9%
N/A-12.5%£120.77M£155.87M69.271,600
YOU
YouGov
2.9258 of 5 stars
GBX 330
-4.3%
GBX 880
+166.7%
-60.1%£386.15M£335.28M-168.181,820Gap Down
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
N/AGBX 71.80
+2.6%
N/A+15.8%£231.72M£99.97M33.65160News Coverage
NET
Netcall
1.762 of 5 stars
GBX 117
+4.5%
GBX 130
+11.1%
+32.2%£193.40M£39.16M32.953,220
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 143
-2.1%
N/A+19.9%£189.98M£306.97M12.292,960Gap Down
ARBB
Arbuthnot Banking Group
N/AGBX 969
+2.3%
N/A+2.8%£156.85M£239.83M5.13799
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 208
+1.0%
N/A+8.1%£130.79M£12.63M14.7840News Coverage
Positive News
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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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