WISE vs. SCT, CCC, FDM, FDP, RCN, KCT, ECK, IBPO, NASA, and SSY
Should you be buying Wise stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wise include Softcat (SCT), Computacenter (CCC), FDM Group (FDM), FD Technologies (FDP), Redcentric (RCN), Kin and Carta (KCT), Eckoh (ECK), iEnergizer (IBPO), Nasstar (NASA), and Scisys Group (SSY). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
Softcat (LON:SCT) and Wise (LON:WISE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
41.7% of Softcat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Wise shares are held by institutional investors. 37.9% of Softcat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Wise 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.
Softcat received 291 more outperform votes than Wise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.78% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 21.88% of users gave Wise an outperform vote.
Softcat has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wise has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wise has a net margin of 18.05% compared to Wise's net margin of 12.04%. Wise's return on equity of 50.40% beat Softcat's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wise had 29 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Wise and 2 mentions for Softcat. Softcat's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Wise's score of 0.40 indicating that Wise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Softcat currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,442.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.28%. Wise has a consensus price target of GBX 952.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.78%. Given Softcat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wise is more favorable than Softcat.
Wise has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Softcat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wise beats Softcat on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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