Wilmington (WIL) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WIL or WEY?

54.3% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Wilmington shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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 recommend WIL or WEY?

Wilmington presently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 40.00%. Given Wilmington's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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 stronger valuation & earnings, 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	£101.49M	2.87	£18.57M	£12.67	25.65
Wey Education	£8.36M	0.00	N/A	£0.60	N/A

Does the media prefer 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 -0.16 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.