Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

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

54.3% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Wilmington shares are held by 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.

Is WIL or WEY 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
Wilmington	18.89%	18.71%	7.72%
Wey Education	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate WIL or WEY?

Wilmington currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 31.50%. Given Wilmington's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Wey Education.

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, WIL or WEY?

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
Wilmington	£100.98M	3.05	£18.57M	£0.40	856.01
Wey Education	£8.36M	0.00	N/A	£0.60	N/A

Does the media favor WIL or WEY?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 32 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wey Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Wilmington's score of -0.11 indicating that Wey Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Wilmington	Neutral
Wey Education	Neutral

Summary

Wilmington beats Wey Education on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.