YOU vs. SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, CNIC, SLP, SRAD, NET, ARBB, and GVP
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), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), and Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
YouGov vs. Its Competitors
YouGov (LON:YOU) and Spirent Communications (LON:SPT) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Spirent Communications has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spirent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, YouGov had 32 more articles in the media than Spirent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Spirent Communications. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat YouGov's score of 0.35 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spirent Communications pays out 324.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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.
YouGov currently has a consensus price target of GBX 760, suggesting a potential upside of 111.04%. Spirent Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 236, suggesting a potential upside of 21.03%. Given YouGov's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Spirent Communications.
59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.2% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Spirent Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
YouGov has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Spirent Communications beats YouGov on 11 of the 17 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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This page (LON:YOU) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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