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Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

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GBX 190 +0.20 (+0.11%)
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WIX vs. TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, CNIC, YOU, SRAD, NET, SLP, and GVP

Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), CentralNic Group (CNIC), YouGov (YOU), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), and Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Wickes Group vs.

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

68.5% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wickes Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 189, indicating a potential downside of 0.53%. Given Wickes Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wickes Group is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wickes Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust received 47 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 95.65% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wickes GroupOutperform Votes
22
95.65%
Underperform Votes
1
4.35%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment TrustOutperform Votes
69
55.65%
Underperform Votes
55
44.35%

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wickes Group. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wickes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group£1.45B0.31£29.25M£12.3715.36
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust£160.96M10.73£130.50M£12.4713.25

In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Wickes Group. Wickes Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's score of 0.44 indicating that Wickes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group Positive
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Neutral

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wickes Group2.01% 19.39% 3.77%
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust 81.07%7.07%4.50%

Summary

Wickes Group beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WIX vs. The Competition

MetricWickes GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£449.86M£1.50B£3.22B£2.56B
Dividend Yield6.08%3.74%3.49%4.84%
P/E Ratio15.3625.7220.38132.42
Price / Sales0.3140.7962.41240,284.86
Price / Cash2.145.1130.9328.16
Price / Book3.064.343.404.55
Net Income£29.25M£105.72M£261.60M£5.85B
7 Day Performance-1.14%1.02%1.76%2.72%
1 Month Performance6.50%8.29%0.05%8.66%
1 Year Performance30.49%5.61%1,674.67%110.93%

Wickes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIX
Wickes Group
2.2236 of 5 stars
GBX 190
+0.1%
GBX 189
-0.5%
+30.5%£449.86M£1.45B15.365,930Gap Down
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 158.70
-0.2%
N/A+4.6%£1.66B£160.96M12.73N/ANews Coverage
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.6918 of 5 stars
GBX 177.40
+1.8%
GBX 236
+33.0%
-5.8%£1.27B£561.21M95.901,526News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GEN
Genuit Group
2.0406 of 5 stars
GBX 345
-2.7%
GBX 545
+58.0%
-16.1%£855.70M£553.28M36.202,700News Coverage
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 52.50
-0.6%
N/A-26.1%£509.65M£874.20M7.44890Dividend Cut
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
YOU
YouGov
2.6945 of 5 stars
GBX 271.50
+2.8%
GBX 880
+224.1%
-68.5%£317.69M£335.28M-138.371,820Gap Down
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 135.80
-1.6%
N/A+2.6%£180.41M£306.97M11.672,960
NET
Netcall
1.3804 of 5 stars
GBX 108.75
-1.1%
GBX 130
+19.5%
+24.8%£179.76M£39.16M30.633,220
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
N/AGBX 50
flat
N/A-32.9%£161.36M£99.97M23.43160News Coverage
Gap Down
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down

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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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