W7L vs. PZC, MCB, ACRL, SKIN, CRL, BAR, REVB, CBX, CLAI, and BYOT
Should you be buying Warpaint London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warpaint London include PZ Cussons (PZC), McBride (MCB), Accrol Group (ACRL), DeepVerge plc (SKIN.L) (SKIN), Creightons (CRL), Brand Architekts Group (BAR), Revolution Beauty Group (REVB), Cellular Goods (CBX), Cel AI (CLAI), and Byotrol (BYOT). These companies are all part of the "household & personal products" industry.
Warpaint London vs. Its Competitors
Warpaint London (LON:W7L) and PZ Cussons (LON:PZC) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Warpaint London has a net margin of 17.35% compared to PZ Cussons' net margin of -10.80%. Warpaint London's return on equity of 35.04% beat PZ Cussons' return on equity.
Warpaint London has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PZ Cussons has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Warpaint London pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. PZ Cussons pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Warpaint London pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PZ Cussons pays out -229.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. PZ Cussons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
21.9% of Warpaint London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of PZ Cussons shares are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of Warpaint London shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of PZ Cussons 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.
Warpaint London has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PZ Cussons. PZ Cussons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warpaint London, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warpaint London currently has a consensus target price of GBX 680, indicating a potential upside of 138.60%. PZ Cussons has a consensus target price of GBX 110, indicating a potential upside of 61.53%. Given Warpaint London's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warpaint London is more favorable than PZ Cussons.
In the previous week, Warpaint London and Warpaint London both had 1 articles in the media. PZ Cussons' average media sentiment score of -0.97 beat Warpaint London's score of -1.04 indicating that PZ Cussons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Warpaint London beats PZ Cussons on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:W7L) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
