SFT vs. RST, RWS, DWF, 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), RWS (RWS), DWF Group (DWF), 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
Software Circle (LON:SFT) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Software Circle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Restore pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Software Circle pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Software Circle has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restore has a consensus target price of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 48.38%. Given Restore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restore is more favorable than Software Circle.
17.6% of Software Circle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Restore shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Software Circle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Restore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Restore had 1 more articles in the media than Software Circle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Restore and 0 mentions for Software Circle. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Software Circle's score of 0.00 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Restore beats Software Circle on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SFT) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
