SWG vs. SPT, BYIT, WPS, BOKU, PAY, EPO, WNWD, FNX, BLTG, and BKS
Should you be buying Shearwater Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shearwater Group include Spirent Communications (SPT), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Boku (BOKU), PayPoint (PAY), Earthport (EPO), Windward (WNWD), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Blancco Technology Group (BLTG), and Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.
Shearwater Group vs. Its Competitors
Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and Shearwater Group (LON:SWG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Spirent Communications has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Shearwater Group's net margin of -9.58%. Spirent Communications' return on equity of 3.54% beat Shearwater Group's return on equity.
Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shearwater Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
57.4% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Shearwater Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Shearwater Group 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.
Spirent Communications currently has a consensus target price of GBX 207.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Spirent Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than Shearwater Group.
Spirent Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Shearwater Group. Shearwater Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spirent Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Shearwater Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Spirent Communications and 1 mentions for Shearwater Group. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Shearwater Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spirent Communications beats Shearwater Group on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SWG) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
