WIX vs. VTY, RMG, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, CNIC, SRAD, and SLP
Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Vistry Group (VTY), Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Stelrad Group (SRAD), and Sylvania Platinum (SLP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Wickes Group vs. Its Competitors
Vistry Group (LON:VTY) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wickes Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Vistry Group has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Vistry Group pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistry Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vistry Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 613.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.92%. Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential downside of 6.52%. Given Vistry Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vistry Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Vistry Group has a net margin of 6.90% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Vistry Group's return on equity.
Vistry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wickes Group. Vistry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.0% of Vistry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vistry Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vistry Group beats Wickes Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
