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YouGov (YOU) Competitors

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GBX 253.90 +2.90 (+1.15%)
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YOU vs. SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, CNIC, SST, SLP, SRAD, CYN, and NET

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

YouGov vs. Its Competitors

Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Spirent Communications currently has a consensus target price of GBX 207.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. YouGov has a consensus target price of GBX 471, suggesting a potential upside of 85.51%. Given YouGov's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Spirent Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spirent Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
YouGov
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spirent Communications£471M2.49£16.67M£0.0116,034.27
YouGov£383.90M0.78-£2.30M£0.0136,271.29

57.4% of Spirent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. 22.0% of Spirent Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of YouGov shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Spirent Communications has a net margin of 2.97% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Spirent Communications' return on equity of 3.54% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spirent Communications2.97% 3.54% 2.77%
YouGov -0.69%-1.23%4.89%

In the previous week, YouGov had 38 more articles in the media than Spirent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for YouGov and 3 mentions for Spirent Communications. YouGov's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Spirent Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spirent Communications
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
YouGov
8 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Spirent Communications and YouGov tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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YOU vs. The Competition

MetricYouGovConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£297.55M£3.51B£7.86B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.16%2.66%4.60%5.32%
P/E Ratio36,271.293,908.45295.844,426.87
Price / Sales0.78204.411,262.13100,566.71
Price / Cash29.5031.8328.1627.90
Price / Book1.623.924.928.40
Net Income-£2.30M£155.55M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-14.22%-1.07%-0.07%-0.09%
1 Month Performance-20.74%-0.41%4.25%2.33%
1 Year Performance-38.22%-0.09%28.94%142.03%

YouGov Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YOU
YouGov
3.8065 of 5 stars
GBX 253.90
+1.2%
GBX 471
+85.5%
-39.7%£297.55M£383.90M36,271.291,820Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.1225 of 5 stars
GBX 198.20
flat
GBX 207.67
+4.8%
+13.2%£1.17B£471M15,983.871,526
GEN
Genuit Group
2.6921 of 5 stars
GBX 362.50
-0.1%
GBX 517.75
+42.8%
-24.0%£901.04M£586.70M1,868.562,700News Coverage
DOCS
Dr. Martens
1.992 of 5 stars
GBX 91.22
+1.1%
GBX 6,000
+6,477.5%
+63.2%£880.88M£787.60M18,244.00890Positive News
Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
1.3415 of 5 stars
GBX 221.18
-0.1%
GBX 215
-2.8%
+33.9%£498.39M£1.58B2,328.165,930
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100
SST
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 280
-0.7%
N/A-80.9%£320.59M£38.69M1,006.33320Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
SLP
Sylvania Platinum
2.1784 of 5 stars
GBX 93.86
+2.0%
GBX 90
-4.1%
+101.8%£244.14M£104.23M1,214.23160News Coverage
SRAD
Stelrad Group
1.5925 of 5 stars
GBX 165
-0.9%
GBX 200
+21.2%
+10.6%£210.13M£283.94M4,230.772,960Gap Up
CYN
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
N/AGBX 326.43
+2.7%
N/A+65.4%£209.84M-£3.26M-4,358.2040Positive News
NET
Netcall
2.2069 of 5 stars
GBX 120
-0.8%
GBX 138.33
+15.3%
+23.7%£200.12M£43.18M3,947.373,220

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