NET vs. WIX, YOU, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, ARBB, GVP, CYN, INSE, and APP
Should you be buying Netcall stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netcall include Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), 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.
Netcall vs. Its Competitors
Netcall (LON:NET) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Netcall has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Netcall has a net margin of 14.99% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Netcall's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wickes Group had 2 more articles in the media than Netcall. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Wickes Group and 1 mentions for Netcall. Netcall's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Netcall is being referred to more favorably in the media.
16.7% of Netcall shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Netcall shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Netcall. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netcall, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Netcall presently has a consensus target price of GBX 138.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.62%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 208.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Netcall's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Netcall is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Netcall pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 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 0.1%. Netcall pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 145.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Netcall beats Wickes Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:NET) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
