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LON:SGE

The Sage Group (SGE) Competitors

GBX 857.40
+8.60 (+1.01%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:40 PM ET)
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Today's Range
845.80
857.60
50-Day Range
732.20
865
52-Week Range
587.20
869.40
Volume
4.36 million shs
Average Volume
2.34 million shs
Market Capitalization
£8.75 billion
P/E Ratio
4,287.00
Dividend Yield
2.22%
Price Target
GBX 818.33

SGE vs. AVV, AVST, FBT, SOPH, WISE, AUTO, RMV, SXS, CCC, and RSW

Should you be buying The Sage Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Sage Group include AVEVA Group (AVV), Avast (AVST), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF (FBT), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Wise (WISE), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), Spectris (SXS), Computacenter (CCC), and Renishaw (RSW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

The Sage Group vs.

The Sage Group (LON:SGE) and AVEVA Group (LON:AVV) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

The Sage Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AVEVA Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.38 per share. The Sage Group pays out 6,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVEVA Group pays out -1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

69.7% of The Sage Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Sage Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The Sage Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 818.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.56%. AVEVA Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,904.33, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given AVEVA Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AVEVA Group is more favorable than The Sage Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Sage Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
AVEVA Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, The Sage Group had 5 more articles in the media than AVEVA Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Sage Group and 0 mentions for AVEVA Group. The Sage Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat AVEVA Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Sage Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Sage Group Neutral
AVEVA Group Neutral

The Sage Group's return on equity of 20.73% beat AVEVA Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Sage Group N/A 20.73% 6.68%
AVEVA Group N/A N/A N/A

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Sage Group£1.95 billion4.48£260 million£0.263,297.69
AVEVA Group£1.26 billion0.00N/A-£20.80N/A

The Sage Group received 200 more outperform votes than AVEVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.25% of users gave AVEVA Group an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave The Sage Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Sage GroupOutperform Votes
511
44.75%
Underperform Votes
631
55.25%
AVEVA GroupOutperform Votes
311
53.25%
Underperform Votes
273
46.75%

Summary

The Sage Group beats AVEVA Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SGE 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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SGE vs. The Competition

MetricThe Sage GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.75B£4.47B£15.65B£1.62B
Dividend Yield2.26%2.20%4.71%6.83%
P/E Ratio3,297.69845.24303.111,961.54
Price / Sales4.487,400.00882.3524,115.20
Price / Cash16.4615.4126.7934.60
Price / Book6.2117.2117.243.00
Net Income£260M£4.80M£536.15M£215.50M
7 Day Performance-0.88%-0.99%2.19%5.68%
1 Month Performance4.74%0.10%5.15%4.49%
1 Year Performance27.40%-9.45%-3.49%34.44%

The Sage Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVV
AVEVA Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 3,219
+9,900.0%
GBX 2,904.33
-9.8%
N/A£9.72B£1.26B-154.766,250Gap Up
AVST
Avast
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
FBT
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,580.60
+1.2%
N/AN/A£4.67B£870,310.00-1,436.9120High Trading Volume
SOPH
Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L)
0 of 5 stars
GBX 580.40
+1.0%
N/A+0.0%£2.99B£726.90M341.413,381
WISE
Wise
0.8796 of 5 stars
GBX 591.20
+2.4%
GBX 525
-11.2%
+42.9%£6.03B£721.80M9,853.332,400
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
1.0046 of 5 stars
GBX 622.80
-2.4%
GBX 624.86
+0.3%
+8.6%£5.71B£467.10M2,491.20980Dividend Cut
RMV
Rightmove
1.8496 of 5 stars
GBX 547.80
-2.1%
GBX 581.67
+6.2%
-11.2%£4.49B£332.62M2,381.74614
SXS
Spectris
0.7625 of 5 stars
GBX 3,715
-2.6%
GBX 3,668.33
-1.3%
+21.9%£3.89B£1.33B3,471.967,788News Coverage
CCC
Computacenter
1.3167 of 5 stars
GBX 2,380
-2.9%
GBX 2,674
+12.4%
-8.5%£2.72B£6.47B1,487.5017,992
RSW
Renishaw
0.5 of 5 stars
GBX 3,726
-2.6%
GBX 3,450
-7.4%
-2.8%£2.71B£693.58M2,358.234,832

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This page (LON:SGE) was last updated on 5/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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