WATR vs. RST, FRAN, DLAR, CPI, KEYS, BEG, SFT, KGH, INSE, and GRA
Should you be buying Water Intelligence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Water Intelligence include Restore (RST), Franchise Brands (FRAN), De La Rue (DLAR), Capita (CPI), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Software Circle (SFT), Knights Group (KGH), Inspired (INSE), and Grafenia (GRA). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.
Water Intelligence vs.
Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) and Restore (LON:RST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Restore had 4 more articles in the media than Water Intelligence. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Restore and 2 mentions for Water Intelligence. Restore's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Water Intelligence's score of 0.33 indicating that Restore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Restore shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Restore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Water Intelligence has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Restore. Water Intelligence is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Restore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Water Intelligence has a net margin of 6.15% compared to Restore's net margin of 1.37%. Water Intelligence's return on equity of 7.89% beat Restore's return on equity.
Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Restore has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Restore has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 67.83%. Given Restore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Restore is more favorable than Water Intelligence.
Restore received 165 more outperform votes than Water Intelligence when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.82% of users gave Restore an outperform vote while only 68.83% of users gave Water Intelligence an outperform vote.
Summary
Restore beats Water Intelligence on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WATR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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