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Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

GBX 22.80 +0.10 (+0.44%)
As of 10/17/2025

SFT vs. DWF, RWS, DLAR, FRAN, KEYS, BEG, KGH, WATR, GRA, and CTG

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

Software Circle vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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
DWF Group£451.64M0.00£12.45M£0.04N/A
Software Circle£18.27M4.87-£2.37M-£0.00-28,500.00

In the previous week, Software Circle had 1 more articles in the media than DWF Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Software Circle and 0 mentions for DWF Group. DWF Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Software Circle's score of -0.35 indicating that DWF Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
DWF Group Neutral
Software Circle Neutral

36.2% of DWF Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Software Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of DWF Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Software Circle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
DWF Group2.76% 19.89% 5.74%
Software Circle -14.66%-20.96%-4.49%

Summary

DWF Group beats Software Circle on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SFT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftware CircleSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£88.94M£6.88B£7.80B£2.55B
Dividend Yield14.29%4.86%4.59%5.32%
P/E Ratio-28,500.00682.10294.224,399.77
Price / Sales4.87100.161,255.7699,453.16
Price / CashN/A40.5428.1227.90
Price / Book3.807.484.788.17
Net Income-£2.37M£144.67M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.79%-0.44%0.01%-0.67%
1 Month Performance-12.31%0.01%2.35%1.31%
1 Year Performance-2.56%49.81%26.74%136.12%

Software Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 22.80
+0.4%
N/AN/A£88.94M£18.27M-28,500.00131
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
2.4628 of 5 stars
GBX 88.80
-4.0%
GBX 240
+170.3%
-45.0%£328.39M£712.20M1,325.377,040Dividend Increase
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 123.59
-1.5%
N/A-24.1%£237.82M£139.35M3,074.25715Trending News
Insider Trade
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 690
flat
N/A+20.0%£218.85M£105.39M2,284.7776High Trading Volume
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.0201 of 5 stars
GBX 117
+0.9%
GBX 152.33
+30.2%
+34.5%£186.04M£153.70M3,078.951,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 198.50
+0.8%
N/A+53.4%£170.64M£161.97M2,354.691,353
WATR
Water Intelligence
2.1266 of 5 stars
GBX 300
flat
GBX 500
+66.7%
-31.0%£51.54M£86.79M1,204.82436News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GRA
Grafenia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£41.93M£11.68M-1,075.0092News Coverage
Gap Up
CTG
Christie Group
N/AGBX 108.75
-1.1%
N/A+9.5%£27.87M£67.03M784.633,450Gap Down

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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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