Wickes Group (WIX) Competitors

Vistry Group (LON:VTY) and Wickes Group (LON:WIX) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, VTY or WIX?

Vistry Group has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wickes Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VTY or WIX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vistry Group	£3.55B	0.57	£245.05M	£75.26	8.18
Wickes Group	£1.45B	0.37	£29.25M	£12.37	18.31

Is VTY or WIX a better dividend stock?

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 4.9%. 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.

Does the media refer more to VTY or WIX?

In the previous week, Vistry Group had 7 more articles in the media than Wickes Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vistry Group and 1 mentions for Wickes Group. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Wickes Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer VTY or WIX?

Vistry Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 631, suggesting a potential upside of 2.51%. Wickes Group has a consensus price target of GBX 215, suggesting a potential downside of 5.05%. Given Vistry Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vistry Group is more favorable than Wickes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistry Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Wickes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VTY or WIX?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Wickes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VTY or WIX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistry Group	6.90%	7.69%	3.43%
Wickes Group	2.01%	19.39%	3.77%

Summary

Vistry Group beats Wickes Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.