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Shearwater Group (SWG) Competitors

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GBX 57 +1.00 (+1.79%)
As of 10/24/2025 11:47 AM Eastern

SWG vs. BYIT, WPS, BOKU, PAY, EPO, WNWD, FNX, BKS, BLTG, and SEE

Should you be buying Shearwater Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shearwater Group include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Boku (BOKU), PayPoint (PAY), Earthport (EPO), Windward (WNWD), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), Blancco Technology Group (BLTG), and Seeing Machines (SEE). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.

Shearwater Group vs. Its Competitors

Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) and Shearwater Group (LON:SWG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Bytes Technology Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 457.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.68%. Given Bytes Technology Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than Shearwater Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bytes Technology Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Shearwater Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Bytes Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Shearwater Group. Shearwater Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bytes Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bytes Technology Group£219.74M4.07£52.30M£21.9516.99
Shearwater Group£23.44M11.61-£2.17M-£12.10-4.71

In the previous week, Bytes Technology Group and Bytes Technology Group both had 1 articles in the media. Shearwater Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Bytes Technology Group's score of -0.29 indicating that Shearwater Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bytes Technology Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shearwater Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

51.9% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Shearwater Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Bytes Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Shearwater Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 25.47% compared to Shearwater Group's net margin of -9.58%. Bytes Technology Group's return on equity of 66.59% beat Shearwater Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bytes Technology Group25.47% 66.59% 10.12%
Shearwater Group -9.58%-4.66%-3.06%

Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% 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.

Summary

Bytes Technology Group beats Shearwater Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SWG vs. The Competition

MetricShearwater GroupSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£13.34M£1.09B£32.99B£2.66B
Dividend Yield2.50%3.72%3.18%5.35%
P/E Ratio-4.71638.75104.48400.09
Price / Sales11.6137,209.671,292.4498,316.30
Price / Cash29.4615.5138.0827.90
Price / Book0.307.307.627.26
Net Income-£2.17M-£18.35M£820.47M£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.74%-0.06%2.47%1.06%
1 Month Performance-5.86%-2.07%3.64%1.71%
1 Year Performance58.82%18.46%24,146.24%111.51%

Shearwater Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWG
Shearwater Group
N/AGBX 57
+1.8%
N/A+58.6%£13.34M£23.44M-4.7194News Coverage
Gap Up
BYIT
Bytes Technology Group
3.1445 of 5 stars
GBX 362.60
-0.9%
GBX 457.60
+26.2%
-25.2%£869.71M£217.13M1,651.94930
WPS
W.A.G payment solutions
1.862 of 5 stars
GBX 106
+8.4%
GBX 120
+13.2%
+29.3%£733.72M£2.24B27,179.491,329
BOKU
Boku
2.4558 of 5 stars
GBX 247
+0.4%
GBX 293
+18.6%
+45.6%£732.92M£115.33M4,940.00305
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 737
-2.1%
N/A-5.4%£509.41M£310.71M2,802.281,260News Coverage
Dividend Increase
EPO
Earthport
N/AN/AN/AN/A£240.49M£32.56M-20.94214Gap Up
WNWD
Windward
N/AN/AN/AN/A£233.00M£43.06M-30.55170Gap Down
FNX
Fonix Mobile
2.4573 of 5 stars
GBX 186.50
+2.5%
GBX 293
+57.1%
-15.6%£184.80M£72.78M1,665.1845
BKS
Beeks Financial Cloud Group
1.9785 of 5 stars
GBX 262
+11.5%
GBX 335
+27.9%
+4.1%£176.47M£31.70M7,616.28105High Trading Volume
BLTG
Blancco Technology Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£174.53M£44.15M5,625.00300
SEE
Seeing Machines
N/AGBX 3.57
+5.9%
N/A-21.7%£171.35M£62.34M-643.2416,300Gap Up

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This page (LON:SWG) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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