SPT vs. PSN, BLND, TEM, RMG, VTY, DOCS, GEN, WIX, YOU, and SST
Should you be buying Spirent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spirent Communications include Persimmon (PSN), British Land (BLND), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), Vistry Group (VTY), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Genuit Group (GEN), Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Spirent Communications vs. Its Competitors
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
60.8% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 2 more articles in the media than Spirent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Persimmon and 1 mentions for Spirent Communications. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Persimmon's score of 0.32 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,431.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.23%. Spirent Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 207.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Spirent Communications.
Persimmon has higher revenue and earnings than Spirent Communications. Persimmon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Spirent Communications' net margin of 2.97%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.51% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.
Summary
Persimmon beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SPT) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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