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Spirent Communications (SPT) Competitors

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GBX 195.40 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/18/2025 12:30 PM Eastern

SPT vs. PSN, BLND, TEM, RMG, VTY, GEN, DOCS, WIX, YOU, and CNIC

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), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), and CentralNic Group (CNIC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Spirent Communications vs. Its Competitors

Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirent Communications2.97% 3.54% 2.77%
Persimmon 8.84%7.51%8.28%

In the previous week, Spirent Communications and Spirent Communications both had 1 articles in the media. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Persimmon's score of -0.42 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spirent Communications
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Persimmon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Spirent Communications pays out 324.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Spirent Communications presently has a consensus price target of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 20.78%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,447.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.03%. Given Persimmon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Spirent Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirent Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Persimmon
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spirent Communications£561.21M2.50£16.67M£1.85105.63
Persimmon£2.92B1.30£257.98M£79.8714.73

Summary

Persimmon beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SPT vs. The Competition

MetricSpirent CommunicationsSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.40B£339.66M£28.61B£3.02B
Dividend Yield3.56%3.26%3.07%5.02%
P/E Ratio105.6310.3533.56165.88
Price / Sales2.5056,310.761,802.61285,131.45
Price / Cash8.6815.5138.0627.97
Price / Book2.988.577.634.46
Net Income£16.67M-£18.35M£779.03M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.14%2.65%2.35%3.89%
1 Month Performance2.20%0.06%7.44%10.11%
1 Year Performance9.65%21.85%52,486.13%81.16%

Spirent Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.9948 of 5 stars
GBX 195.40
flat
GBX 236
+20.8%
+7.7%£1.40B£561.21M105.631,526Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
1.7206 of 5 stars
GBX 1,191
-2.2%
GBX 1,447.50
+21.5%
-23.4%£3.83B£2.92B14.916,180Gap Down
BLND
British Land
4.1885 of 5 stars
GBX 350.80
-0.6%
GBX 480
+36.8%
-13.5%£3.50B£533.92M3.811,690Trending News
Insider Trade
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 195.58
+1.0%
N/A+18.2%£2.04B£160.96M15.68N/A
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
1.8934 of 5 stars
GBX 595
-0.3%
GBX 631
+6.1%
-54.8%£1.94B£3.55B7.914,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GEN
Genuit Group
1.4444 of 5 stars
GBX 390
+0.3%
GBX 520
+33.3%
-17.9%£967.32M£553.28M40.922,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.3443 of 5 stars
GBX 79.35
-0.6%
GBX 6,000
+7,461.4%
+6.6%£770.30M£874.20M11.25890Dividend Cut
Gap Down
WIX
Wickes Group
2.1978 of 5 stars
GBX 222
-0.9%
GBX 215
-3.2%
+59.1%£525.63M£1.45B17.955,930News Coverage
YOU
YouGov
3.0534 of 5 stars
GBX 334.50
-4.4%
GBX 760
+127.2%
-32.7%£391.41M£335.28M-170.471,820
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100

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This page (LON:SPT) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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