SKL vs. SPSY, GHT, ELCO, SAAS, TRCS, SPE, IGP, AOM, TAX, and TRB
Should you be buying Skillcast Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillcast Group include Spectra Systems (SPSY), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Eleco (ELCO), Microlise Group (SAAS), Tracsis (TRCS), Sopheon (SPE), Intercede Group (IGP), ActiveOps (AOM), Tax Systems (TAX), and Tribal Group (TRB). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Skillcast Group vs. Its Competitors
Skillcast Group (LON:SKL) and Spectra Systems (LON:SPSY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.
Spectra Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Skillcast Group. Spectra Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillcast Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Skillcast Group has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectra Systems has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Skillcast Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Spectra Systems pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Skillcast Group pays out 825.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Spectra Systems pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Spectra Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Spectra Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Skillcast Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Spectra Systems and 0 mentions for Skillcast Group. Spectra Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Skillcast Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spectra Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
9.5% of Skillcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.3% of Spectra Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 87.4% of Skillcast Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Spectra Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Spectra Systems has a net margin of 29.81% compared to Skillcast Group's net margin of 0.86%. Spectra Systems' return on equity of 20.41% beat Skillcast Group's return on equity.
Summary
Spectra Systems beats Skillcast Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:SKL) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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