INSE vs. YOU, CNIC, SRAD, SLP, NET, GVP, ARBB, 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), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
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.
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.
YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Inspired pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.
In the previous week, YouGov had 12 more articles in the media than Inspired. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for YouGov and 2 mentions for Inspired. Inspired's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat YouGov's score of 0.67 indicating that Inspired is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YouGov currently has a consensus target price of GBX 760, suggesting a potential upside of 92.89%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Inspired.
59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Inspired shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Inspired shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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.
Summary
Inspired beats YouGov on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:INSE) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff