WATR vs. DLAR, FRAN, 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 De La Rue (DLAR), Franchise Brands (FRAN), 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
Water Intelligence (LON:WATR) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Water Intelligence had 2 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Water Intelligence and 0 mentions for De La Rue. Water Intelligence's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat De La Rue's score of 0.00 indicating that Water Intelligence is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Water Intelligence has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
30.9% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.7% of Water Intelligence shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Water Intelligence has higher earnings, but lower revenue than De La Rue. De La Rue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Water Intelligence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Water Intelligence has a net margin of 6.15% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. De La Rue's return on equity of 160.00% beat Water Intelligence's return on equity.
Summary
Water Intelligence beats De La Rue on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:WATR) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
