SPT vs. PSN, BLND, VTY, TEM, RMG, 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), Vistry Group (VTY), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), 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
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation and earnings.
Persimmon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,431.25, suggesting a potential upside of 32.22%. Spirent Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 20.16%. Given Persimmon's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Spirent Communications.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Persimmon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are held by company 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.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Spirent Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Persimmon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Spirent Communications and 2 mentions for Persimmon. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Persimmon's score of 0.64 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
Persimmon beats Spirent Communications on 10 of the 18 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 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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