Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

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	2.93	£18.57M	£20.86	15.44

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 media favor WEY or WIL?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 25 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Wey Education's score of -0.85 indicating that Wilmington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wey Education	Negative
Wilmington	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.