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Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

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GBX 218.18 +1.68 (+0.77%)
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WIX vs. RMG, SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, CNIC, SST, SLP, SRAD, and CYN

Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Royal Mail (RMG), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Wickes Group vs. Its Competitors

Royal Mail (LON:RMG) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

In the previous week, Royal Mail and Royal Mail both had 1 articles in the media. Royal Mail's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wickes Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Mail
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wickes Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

49.9% of Wickes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Wickes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Wickes Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Royal Mail. Royal Mail 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
Royal Mail£12.71B0.00N/A£0.61N/A
Wickes Group£1.58B0.31£29.25M£0.102,296.58

Royal Mail pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Royal Mail pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wickes Group pays out 114.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Wickes Group has a net margin of 2.01% compared to Royal Mail's net margin of 0.00%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Royal Mail's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal MailN/A N/A N/A
Wickes Group 2.01%19.39%3.77%

Wickes Group has a consensus target price of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 1.46%. Given Royal Mail's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Royal Mail is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Mail
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Wickes Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Wickes Group beats Royal Mail on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WIX vs. The Competition

MetricWickes GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£491.63M£1.49B£3.81B£2.59B
Dividend Yield4.93%3.41%3.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,296.58984.67617.144,396.05
Price / Sales0.3136.08229.07100,383.25
Price / Cash2.145.1131.1627.90
Price / Book3.514.483.578.30
Net Income£29.25M£105.72M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.94%-3.43%-1.31%-0.25%
1 Month Performance11.20%3.07%-0.48%2.04%
1 Year Performance35.34%-0.97%36.45%147.62%

Wickes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIX
Wickes Group
1.2931 of 5 stars
GBX 218.18
+0.8%
GBX 215
-1.5%
+34.3%£491.63M£1.58B2,296.585,930Positive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.2102 of 5 stars
GBX 198.20
flat
GBX 207.67
+4.8%
+13.4%£1.17B£471M15,983.871,526
GEN
Genuit Group
2.3404 of 5 stars
GBX 363.45
+0.1%
GBX 517.75
+42.5%
-24.9%£903.40M£586.70M1,873.452,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
1.9453 of 5 stars
GBX 91.55
+1.5%
GBX 6,000
+6,453.8%
+58.6%£884.07M£787.60M18,310.00890Dividend Cut
YOU
YouGov
3.6337 of 5 stars
GBX 291.50
+2.3%
GBX 662.50
+127.3%
-32.3%£341.62M£383.90M41,642.861,820
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 283
+0.4%
N/A-81.3%£324.02M£38.69M1,017.11320Dividend Increase
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
1.8834 of 5 stars
GBX 95.20
+3.5%
GBX 106
+11.3%
+101.9%£247.62M£104.23M1,231.57160
SRAD
Stelrad Group
1.2832 of 5 stars
GBX 163
-2.1%
GBX 200
+22.7%
+8.8%£207.59M£283.94M4,179.492,960
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 321
+0.9%
N/A+63.7%£206.35M-£3.26M-4,285.7140Positive News

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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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