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Worldsec (WSL) Competitors

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As of 10/3/2025

WSL vs. ADA, LAHL, PRIM, TREE, EDGH, BHGU, HTCF, VOX, TRE, and OXF

Should you be buying Worldsec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worldsec include Adams (ADA), Landscape Acquisition (LAHL), Primorus Investments (PRIM), Cambium Global Timberland (TREE), Edge Performance VCT Public (EDGH), BH Global (BHGU), Highbridge Tactical Credit Fund (HTCF), Vox Valor Capital (VOX), First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF A USD Acc (TRE), and Oxford Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust (OXF). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

0.2% of Worldsec shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Worldsec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 95.3% of Adams shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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 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£509K1.67-£1.01M-£0.00-1,666.67
Adams-£2.19M0.00-£1.05M-£0.01N/A

In the previous week, Adams had 39 more articles in the media than Worldsec. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Adams and 0 mentions for Worldsec. Adams' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Worldsec's score of -1.53 indicating that Adams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Worldsec Very Negative
Adams Positive

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

Summary

Worldsec beats Adams on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WSL vs. The Competition

MetricWorldsecAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£851K£1.48B£6.46B£2.61B
Dividend Yield3.23%4.59%4.31%5.28%
P/E Ratio-1,666.673,116.261,345.554,442.02
Price / Sales1.671,964.361,359.88100,236.46
Price / Cash1.6760.47127.6527.90
Price / Book0.161.373.549.02
Net Income-£1.01M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-33.33%0.41%1.06%0.49%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.43%7.00%5.61%
1 Year PerformanceN/A9.27%39.93%164.55%

Worldsec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSL
Worldsec
N/AGBX 1
flat
N/AN/A£851K£509K-1,666.67N/ANegative News
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
PRIM
Primorus Investments
N/AGBX 3.96
+2.9%
N/A+14.3%£5.04M£3.25M206.0312,800Gap Up
TREE
Cambium Global Timberland
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.98M£4.57B11.271,250Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EDGH
Edge Performance VCT Public
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.88M£344K-146.77N/AGap Up
BHGU
BH Global
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.60M£837K3.81N/A
HTCF
Highbridge Tactical Credit Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.59M£705.37K1,370.97N/A
VOX
Vox Valor Capital
N/AGBX 0.18
flat
N/AN/A£4.15M£12.09M-437.505
TRE
First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF A USD Acc
N/AGBX 19.92
+0.4%
N/AN/A£3.94MN/A0.00147,000
OXF
Oxford Technology 4 Venture Capital Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.92M£1.62M261.54N/AGap Down

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This page (LON:WSL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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