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Skillcast Group (SKL) Competitors

GBX 47 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/7/2025

SKL vs. SPSY, GHT, ELCO, TRCS, SAAS, IGP, SPE, TAX, TRB, and AOM

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), Tracsis (TRCS), Microlise Group (SAAS), Intercede Group (IGP), Sopheon (SPE), Tax Systems (TAX), Tribal Group (TRB), and ActiveOps (AOM). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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. Skillcast Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Spectra Systems'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Skillcast Group Neutral
Spectra Systems Neutral

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Skillcast Group£12.53M3.36£108.33K£0.12388.12
Spectra Systems£27.41M5.02£8.17M£10.6321.27

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Skillcast Group0.86% 1.90% -0.56%
Spectra Systems 29.81%20.41%10.14%

Skillcast Group has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectra Systems has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Spectra Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Spectra Systems beats Skillcast Group on 11 of the 14 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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SKL vs. The Competition

MetricSkillcast GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£42.05M£5.48B£27.50B£2.97B
Dividend Yield1.11%3.24%3.13%5.02%
P/E Ratio388.1228.9537.35151.20
Price / Sales3.36295.791,928.10252,273.64
Price / Cash2.2317.3038.4127.97
Price / Book7.369.177.224.55
Net Income£108.33K£62.58M£763.56M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.75%1.59%1.43%1.79%
1 Month Performance4.44%3.40%4.93%4.52%
1 Year Performance17.56%12.13%52,368.07%79.93%

Skillcast Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKL
Skillcast Group
N/AGBX 47
flat
N/A+22.3%£42.05M£12.53M388.12118
SPSY
Spectra Systems
N/AGBX 229.10
+0.5%
N/A-5.4%£139.50M£27.41M21.5628News Coverage
Gap Down
GHT
Gresham Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£136.21M£49.01M4,062.50216High Trading Volume
ELCO
Eleco
N/AGBX 162.49
0.0%
GBX 176
+8.3%
+48.4%£135.37M£31.11M45.99255High Trading Volume
TRCS
Tracsis
N/AGBX 433.75
-3.6%
GBX 550
+26.8%
-40.8%£131.75M£81.57M267.98550Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
SAAS
Microlise Group
2.5645 of 5 stars
GBX 103
flat
GBX 204.50
+98.5%
-19.4%£119.27M£63.13M88.15715Positive News
High Trading Volume
IGP
Intercede Group
N/AGBX 187.50
-1.8%
N/A+14.0%£106.16M£19.41M17.5699Positive News
SPE
Sopheon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.03M£38.12M-9,500.00174
TAX
Tax Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£97.51M£16.08M375.00N/A
TRB
Tribal Group
N/AGBX 43.11
-0.9%
N/A-26.0%£96.28M£91.34M50.01882Gap Down
AOM
ActiveOps
1.9802 of 5 stars
GBX 128.48
+1.6%
GBX 182.50
+42.0%
+44.5%£91.69M£18.60M111.74180News Coverage

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This page (LON:SKL) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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