WIX vs. GEN, SPT, DOCS, YOU, SST, CNIC, API, SRAD, GVP, and ARBB
Should you be buying Wickes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wickes Group include Genuit Group (GEN), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), CentralNic Group (CNIC), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), and Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Wickes Group (LON:WIX) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
65.1% of Wickes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Genuit Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Wickes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Genuit Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wickes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Wickes Group pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genuit Group pays out 12,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Genuit Group received 13 more outperform votes than Wickes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wickes Group an outperform vote while only 87.18% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote.
Wickes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Genuit Group. Wickes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wickes Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuit Group has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Wickes Group's net margin of 1.92%. Wickes Group's return on equity of 18.19% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wickes Group had 5 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wickes Group and 2 mentions for Genuit Group. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Wickes Group's score of -0.70 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wickes Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Genuit Group has a consensus price target of GBX 512.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.26%. Given Genuit Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.
Summary
Wickes Group and Genuit Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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