Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate WEY or WIL?

Wilmington has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 33.04%. Given Wilmington's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	£100.98M	3.02	£18.57M	£0.40	846.12

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

54.3% of Wilmington shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Wilmington shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 refer more to WEY or WIL?

In the previous week, Wilmington had 41 more articles in the media than Wey Education. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Wilmington and 0 mentions for Wey Education. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.02 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

Summary

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