WCW vs. SVCT, MAFL, CIN, SWC, FIPP, KLSO, HOYE, GVCT, BPCR, and USG
Should you be buying Walker Crips Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walker Crips Group include Seneca Growth Capital VCT (SVCT), Mineral & Financial Investments (MAFL), City of London Group (CIN), Summerway Capital (SWC), Frontier IP Group (FIPP), Kelso Group (KLSO), Honye Financial Services (HOYE), Guinness VCT (GVCT), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), and Ultimate Sports Group (USG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Walker Crips Group vs. Its Competitors
Seneca Growth Capital VCT (LON:SVCT) and Walker Crips Group (LON:WCW) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
0.7% of Walker Crips Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Seneca Growth Capital VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Walker Crips Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Walker Crips Group has a net margin of 135.52% compared to Seneca Growth Capital VCT's net margin of 112.22%. Walker Crips Group's return on equity of 200.76% beat Seneca Growth Capital VCT's return on equity.
Seneca Growth Capital VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walker Crips Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Seneca Growth Capital VCT pays out -83.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker Crips Group pays out -4.2% 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. Seneca Growth Capital VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Walker Crips Group has higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Growth Capital VCT. Seneca Growth Capital VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker Crips Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Seneca Growth Capital VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Walker Crips Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Seneca Growth Capital VCT has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker Crips Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Walker Crips Group beats Seneca Growth Capital VCT on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:WCW) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
