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Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

GBX 28.50 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 08/12/2025 11:33 AM Eastern

SFT vs. RST, DWF, 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 Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), 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. Its Competitors

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

Restore has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Restore presently has a consensus price target of GBX 363.67, suggesting a potential upside of 36.46%. Given Restore's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Restore is more favorable than Software Circle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Restore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Software Circle
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Restore pays out 175.9% 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 pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Software Circle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

79.8% of Restore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Software Circle shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Restore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.1% of Software Circle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Restore had 3 more articles in the media than Software Circle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Restore and 0 mentions for Software Circle. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Software Circle's score of 0.00 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Restore Neutral
Software Circle Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Restore£272.77M1.31£3.74M£2.8493.75
Software Circle£16.16M6.88-£2.37M-£0.01-2,850.00

Restore has a net margin of 1.37% compared to Software Circle's net margin of -14.66%. Restore's return on equity of 1.64% beat Software Circle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Restore1.37% 1.64% 3.37%
Software Circle -14.66%-20.96%-4.49%

Summary

Restore beats Software Circle on 14 of the 18 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 SFT 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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SFT vs. The Competition

MetricSoftware CircleSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£111.17M£6.18B£7.55B£3.09B
Dividend Yield14.29%4.93%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio-2,850.0032.2524.76173.65
Price / Sales6.88132.3896.69289,767.26
Price / CashN/A40.5427.9527.94
Price / Book4.757.444.315.06
Net Income-£2.37M£144.67M£795.69M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.88%-0.81%0.82%0.11%
1 Month Performance-0.20%-2.78%4.10%3.62%
1 Year Performance58.33%37.82%34.54%60.97%

Software Circle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 28.50
flat
N/A+54.9%£111.17M£16.16M-2,850.00131
RST
Restore
3.5392 of 5 stars
GBX 265
+0.1%
GBX 363.67
+37.2%
+1.7%£355.84M£272.77M93.222,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
RWS
RWS
3.0068 of 5 stars
GBX 80.47
-3.3%
GBX 240
+198.2%
-54.8%£296.79M£707.82M-8.007,040Dividend Increase
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 135
-3.2%
N/A-22.9%£260.94M£120.55M33.89715
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 612.50
-0.6%
N/A-5.7%£195.50M£94.56M24.7976
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.2954 of 5 stars
GBX 119
+1.3%
GBX 152.33
+28.0%
+16.3%£189.48M£137.32M129.661,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 180
+5.3%
N/A+34.4%£153.93M£143.94M15.641,353
INSE
Inspired
N/AGBX 80.22
+0.0%
N/A+8.2%£128.06M£155.87M73.451,600
WATR
Water Intelligence
3.0265 of 5 stars
GBX 312.90
+4.3%
N/A-22.4%£76.59M£108.13M14.42436Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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