SCT vs. WISE, CCC, FDM, FDP, RCN, KCT, IBPO, ECK, NASA, and SSY
Should you be buying Softcat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Softcat include Wise (WISE), Computacenter (CCC), FDM Group (FDM), FD Technologies (FDP), Redcentric (RCN), Kin and Carta (KCT), iEnergizer (IBPO), Eckoh (ECK), Nasstar (NASA), and Scisys Group (SSY). These companies are all part of the "information technology services" industry.
Softcat (LON:SCT) and Wise (LON:WISE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Softcat received 292 more outperform votes than Wise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.22% of users gave Softcat an outperform vote while only 17.24% of users gave Wise an outperform vote.
Softcat has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wise has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Softcat currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,393.33, suggesting a potential downside of 16.67%. Wise has a consensus price target of GBX 896.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.18%. Given Wise's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wise is more favorable than Softcat.
Wise has a net margin of 18.05% compared to Softcat's net margin of 12.04%. Softcat's return on equity of 50.40% beat Wise's return on equity.
41.7% of Softcat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of Wise shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Softcat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Wise shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wise has higher revenue and earnings than Softcat. Softcat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Wise had 19 more articles in the media than Softcat. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Wise and 4 mentions for Softcat. Wise's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Softcat's score of 0.15 indicating that Wise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wise beats Softcat on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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