Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

Wey Education (LON:WEY) and Wilmington (LON:WIL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WEY or WIL?

80.2% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Wilmington shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WEY or WIL more profitable?

Wilmington has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Wey Education's net margin of 0.00%. Wilmington's return on equity of 18.71% beat Wey Education's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wey Education	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wilmington	18.89%	18.71%	7.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WEY or WIL?

Wilmington received 367 more outperform votes than Wey Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.68% of users gave Wilmington an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Wey Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wey Education	Outperform Votes 88 66.17%	Underperform Votes 45 33.83%
Wilmington	Outperform Votes 455 79.68%	Underperform Votes 116 20.32%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WEY or WIL?

Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Wey Education. Wey Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wey Education	£8.36M	0.00	N/A	£0.60	N/A
Wilmington	£98.26M	3.32	£18.57M	£20.86	17.45

Does the media refer more to WEY or WIL?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 44 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.10 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wey Education	Neutral
Wilmington	Neutral

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.