WATR vs. FRAN, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, INSE, SFT, GRA, CTG, and VNET
Should you be buying Water Intelligence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Water Intelligence include Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), Software Circle (SFT), Grafenia (GRA), Christie Group (CTG), and Vianet Group (VNET). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Water Intelligence vs. Its Competitors
Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Franchise Brands has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Water Intelligence's net margin of 6.15%. Water Intelligence's return on equity of 7.89% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.
Water Intelligence has a consensus target price of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 67.79%. Given Water Intelligence's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Water Intelligence is more favorable than Franchise Brands.
44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are held by institutional investors. 39.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franchise Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Water Intelligence. Water Intelligence is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Water Intelligence. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Franchise Brands and 3 mentions for Water Intelligence. Water Intelligence's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.34 indicating that Water Intelligence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Franchise Brands and Water Intelligence tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WATR) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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