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Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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GBX 339 +5.00 (+1.50%)
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WIL vs. WEY, OBOR, GFHG, MLVN, CODE, ASIA, FEVR, GNC, DCG, and BAG

Should you be buying Wilmington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wilmington include Wey Education (WEY), Starcrest Education The Belt & Road Limited (OBOR.L) (OBOR), Grand Fortune High Grade (GFHG), Malvern International (MLVN), Northcoders Group (CODE), Asia Strategic (ASIA), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), and A.G. BARR (BAG). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Wilmington vs. Its Competitors

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

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. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Wey Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Wilmington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wey Education Neutral
Wilmington Neutral

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 EducationN/A N/A N/A
Wilmington 18.89%18.71%7.72%

54.3% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Wilmington shares are held by company 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wey Education£8.36M0.00N/A£0.60N/A
Wilmington£101.49M2.99£18.57M£0.132,675.61

Wilmington has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 34.22%. Given Wilmington's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Wey Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wey Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Wilmington
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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WIL vs. The Competition

MetricWilmingtonEducation & Training Services IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£303.60M£45.34M£7.33B£2.61B
Dividend Yield3.51%3.04%3.22%5.29%
P/E Ratio2,675.61622.461,100.414,431.92
Price / Sales2.9959.661,011,604.3099,742.78
Price / Cash13.106.17144.7427.90
Price / Book2.631.648.958.66
Net Income£18.57M£3.33M£1.01B£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.31%1.53%-0.75%0.31%
1 Month Performance-2.31%2.73%-2.53%5.78%
1 Year Performance-15.80%5.52%179.67%164.09%

Wilmington Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIL
Wilmington
2.7433 of 5 stars
GBX 339
+1.5%
GBX 455
+34.2%
-16.1%£303.60M£101.49M2,675.611,000Trending News
WEY
Wey Education
N/AN/AN/AN/A£66.08M£8.36M78.75200
OBOR
Starcrest Education The Belt & Road Limited (OBOR.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£10.89MN/A-0.09N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
GFHG
Grand Fortune High Grade
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.40M£26.00-8.75N/A
MLVN
Malvern International
N/AGBX 16
-3.0%
N/A+26.8%£3.91M£16.63M-2,711.86153Earnings Report
Gap Down
CODE
Northcoders Group
N/AGBX 32.45
+1.4%
N/A-83.5%£2.60M£8.82M669.07128Earnings Report
ASIA
Asia Strategic
N/AGBX 3
-29.4%
N/A-29.4%£91K£27.03M-1.592,231Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
1.9061 of 5 stars
GBX 875.60
-1.9%
GBX 863.33
-1.4%
+4.1%£1.04B£339.90M4,199.52375Positive News
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 224.25
-1.4%
N/A+26.4%£992.19M£1.86B22.6113,602Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
BAG
A.G. BARR
2.4318 of 5 stars
GBX 671
-0.7%
GBX 755
+12.5%
+8.7%£746.40M£420.40M1,893.881,030Earnings Report

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This page (LON:WIL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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