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Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

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GBX 196.20 +1.00 (+0.51%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

WIX vs. SPT, DOCS, GEN, YOU, SST, CNIC, SRAD, SLP, NET, and CYN

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

Wickes Group vs. Its Competitors

Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Spirent Communications has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 2.01%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 19.39% beat Spirent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wickes Group2.01% 19.39% 3.77%
Spirent Communications 2.97%3.54%2.77%

Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Spirent Communications. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wickes Group£1.54B0.30£29.25M£0.082,616.00
Spirent Communications£471M2.43£16.67M£0.0115,874.03

Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Wickes Group had 12 more articles in the media than Spirent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wickes Group and 1 mentions for Spirent Communications. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wickes Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Spirent Communications
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

54.1% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Wickes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of Spirent Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Wickes Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential upside of 9.58%. Spirent Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 19.90%. Given Spirent Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wickes Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Spirent Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Spirent Communications beats Wickes Group on 9 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

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WIX vs. The Competition

MetricWickes GroupHome Improvement Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£454.51M£1.32B£3.92B£2.58B
Dividend Yield5.49%3.70%3.53%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,616.00878.53517.485,410.94
Price / Sales0.3030.23251.4496,691.90
Price / Cash2.145.1131.1627.93
Price / Book3.164.153.567.77
Net Income£29.25M£105.72M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.41%4.87%0.10%6.51%
1 Month Performance-10.00%-3.51%0.57%55.94%
1 Year Performance12.89%-1.74%35.51%147.85%

Wickes Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WIX
Wickes Group
2.0617 of 5 stars
GBX 196.20
+0.5%
GBX 215
+9.6%
+13.8%£454.51M£1.54B2,616.005,930News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.6087 of 5 stars
GBX 196.70
-0.2%
GBX 236
+20.0%
+12.9%£1.14B£471M15,862.661,526High Trading Volume
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.0452 of 5 stars
GBX 90
-0.1%
GBX 6,000
+6,566.7%
+45.3%£869.10M£787.60M18,000.00890Dividend Cut
GEN
Genuit Group
3.128 of 5 stars
GBX 337.50
-0.6%
GBX 507
+50.2%
-27.1%£838.90M£586.70M1,739.692,700
YOU
YouGov
3.5019 of 5 stars
GBX 350.50
-2.5%
GBX 662.50
+89.0%
-27.0%£410.76M£383.90M50,071.431,820
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 296
flat
N/A-79.9%£340.74M£38.69M1,063.83320Dividend Increase
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SRAD
Stelrad Group
1.8481 of 5 stars
GBX 170
+2.1%
GBX 200
+17.6%
+5.8%£216.50M£283.94M4,358.972,960News Coverage
Gap Up
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
2.2038 of 5 stars
GBX 77.40
-0.3%
GBX 90
+16.3%
+69.9%£201.32M£88.50M1,838.48160News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NET
Netcall
1.5753 of 5 stars
GBX 114.50
+1.8%
GBX 138.33
+20.8%
+29.1%£190.95M£43.18M3,766.453,220News Coverage
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 278
+3.0%
N/A+63.1%£178.36M-£3.26M-3,711.6240News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:WIX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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