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Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

GBX 28 -1.50 (-5.08%)
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SFT vs. DWF, RST, RWS, FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, INSE, and WATR

Should you be buying Software Circle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Software Circle include DWF Group (DWF), Restore (RST), RWS (RWS), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), and Water Intelligence (WATR). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Software Circle vs.

Software Circle (LON:SFT) and DWF Group (LON:DWF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.

17.6% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of DWF Group shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Software Circle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of DWF Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

DWF Group received 55 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Software CircleN/AN/A
DWF GroupOutperform Votes
55
82.09%
Underperform Votes
12
17.91%

Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DWF Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. DWF Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Software Circle pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DWF Group pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Software Circle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

DWF Group has higher revenue and earnings than Software Circle. Software Circle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DWF Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Software Circle£16.16M6.76-£2.37M-£0.01-2,800.00
DWF Group£451.64M0.00£12.45M£0.04N/A

DWF Group has a net margin of 2.76% compared to Software Circle's net margin of -14.66%. DWF Group's return on equity of 19.89% beat Software Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Software Circle-14.66% -20.96% -4.49%
DWF Group 2.76%19.89%5.74%

In the previous week, Software Circle had 1 more articles in the media than DWF Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Software Circle and 2 mentions for DWF Group. Software Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat DWF Group's score of 0.03 indicating that Software Circle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Software Circle
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DWF Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

DWF Group beats Software Circle on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SFT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftware CircleSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£109.22M£6.74B£7.65B£2.66B
Dividend Yield14.29%4.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio-2,800.0031.9423.18129.21
Price / Sales6.76134.5490.50221,406.02
Price / CashN/A40.5426.9428.02
Price / Book4.677.543.973.79
Net Income-£2.37M£144.67M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-6.67%0.63%0.65%0.63%
1 Month PerformanceN/A56.01%10.96%22.11%
1 Year Performance47.37%37.35%19.55%120.87%

Software Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 28
-5.1%
N/A+65.3%£109.22M£16.16M-2,800.00131News Coverage
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RST
Restore
3.4782 of 5 stars
GBX 252.50
+2.2%
GBX 390
+54.5%
-8.2%£339.05M£272.77M88.832,700
RWS
RWS
3.5389 of 5 stars
GBX 82
-2.0%
GBX 330
+302.4%
-55.4%£302.43M£707.82M-8.167,040Dividend Increase
Gap Down
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 156
+1.6%
N/A-22.0%£301.52M£120.55M39.17715High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 128.50
flat
N/A+26.5%£248.78M£307.43M-12.401,841
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 610
+4.5%
N/A-15.4%£194.70M£94.56M24.6976High Trading Volume
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
N/AGBX 95.40
-2.7%
GBX 150
+57.2%
-9.9%£151.90M£137.32M103.941,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 159
flat
N/A+7.7%£135.97M£143.94M13.811,353News Coverage
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 69
-0.7%
N/A-26.6%£110.16M£155.87M63.181,600Gap Up
WATR
Water Intelligence
N/AGBX 355
+1.4%
N/A-4.0%£86.90M£108.13M16.36436

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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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