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Worldsec (WSL) Competitors

GBX 1.40 -0.10 (-6.67%)
As of 09/12/2025 08:04 AM Eastern

WSL vs. ADA, LAHL, MILA, TREE, PRIM, RTW, EDGH, TIR, TERN, and BHGU

Should you be buying Worldsec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worldsec include Adams (ADA), Landscape Acquisition (LAHL), Mila Resources (MILA), Cambium Global Timberland (TREE), Primorus Investments (PRIM), RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW), Edge Performance VCT Public (EDGH), Tiger Royalties and Investments (TIR), Tern (TERN), and BH Global (BHGU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Worldsec vs. Its Competitors

Worldsec (LON:WSL) and Adams (LON:ADA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

0.2% of Worldsec shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Worldsec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.3% of Adams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Worldsec has a net margin of 372.69% compared to Adams' net margin of 0.00%. Worldsec's return on equity of -14.84% beat Adams' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Worldsec372.69% -14.84% -5.26%
Adams N/A -17.70%-11.03%

Worldsec has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Worldsec£509K2.34-£1.01M-£0.00-2,333.33
Adams-£2.19M0.00-£1.05M-£0.01N/A

In the previous week, Adams had 57 more articles in the media than Worldsec. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Adams and 1 mentions for Worldsec. Adams' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Worldsec's score of 0.25 indicating that Adams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Worldsec
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Adams
21 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Worldsec beats Adams on 7 of the 12 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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WSL vs. The Competition

MetricWorldsecAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.19M£1.43B£6.37B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.23%4.59%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio-2,333.334,755.991,778.195,421.72
Price / Sales2.341,965.611,357.9796,849.64
Price / Cash1.6760.6248.9927.93
Price / Book0.221.362.068.34
Net Income-£1.01M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A12.57%6.77%6.64%
1 Month PerformanceN/A13.48%7.50%50.76%
1 Year PerformanceN/A8.67%31.91%169.80%

Worldsec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSL
Worldsec
N/AGBX 1.40
-6.7%
N/AN/A£1.19M£509K-2,333.33N/AGap Down
ADA
Adams
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.11M-£2.19M-350.003Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LAHL
Landscape Acquisition
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.10M£10.75M105.12N/A
MILA
Mila Resources
N/AGBX 0.76
-10.2%
N/A+42.3%£4.98MN/A-586.924Gap Up
TREE
Cambium Global Timberland
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.98M£4.57B11.271,250Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PRIM
Primorus Investments
N/AGBX 3.88
-3.0%
N/A+36.7%£4.94M£3.25M201.7712,800Gap Down
RTW
RTW Biotech Opportunities
N/AGBX 1.50
-0.7%
N/A-1.0%£4.93M£38.73M13.594,971
EDGH
Edge Performance VCT Public
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.88M£344K-146.77N/AGap Up
TIR
Tiger Royalties and Investments
N/AGBX 1.11
+5.2%
N/A-30.0%£4.86M-£142.55K-157.864Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TERN
Tern
N/AGBX 0.72
-0.7%
N/A-53.3%£4.63M£17.40K-86.098Gap Up
BHGU
BH Global
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.60M£837K3.81N/A

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This page (LON:WSL) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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