Software Circle (SFT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SFT or RWS?

RWS received 207 more outperform votes than Software Circle when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Software Circle	N/A	N/A
RWS	Outperform Votes 207 71.63%	Underperform Votes 82 28.37%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SFT or RWS?

17.6% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Software Circle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of RWS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SFT or RWS?

RWS has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 172.46%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RWS is more favorable than Software Circle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Software Circle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
RWS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SFT or RWS more profitable?

RWS has a net margin of -5.22% compared to Software Circle's net margin of -14.66%. RWS's return on equity of -4.15% beat Software Circle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Software Circle	-14.66%	-20.96%	-4.49%
RWS	-5.22%	-4.15%	3.42%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SFT or RWS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Software Circle	£16.16M	7.17	-£2.37M	-£0.01	-2,970.00
RWS	£707.82M	0.63	-£36.98M	-£10.05	-12.05

Is SFT or RWS a better dividend stock?

Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Software Circle pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RWS pays out -119.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to SFT or RWS?

In the previous week, Software Circle and Software Circle both had 1 articles in the media. Software Circle's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat RWS's score of 0.64 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RWS	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SFT or RWS?

Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RWS has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RWS beats Software Circle on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.