Walker Crips Group (WCW) Competitors

GBX 22.50
+0.50 (+2.27%)
(As of 05/2/2024 ET)

WCW vs. ADA, KRM, KLSO, ALGW, NBDG, WINV, TFG, TV2H, PEY, and BPCR

Should you be buying Walker Crips Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walker Crips Group include Adams (ADA), KRM22 (KRM), Kelso Group (KLSO), Alpha Growth (ALGW), NB Distressed Debt New Glb (NBDG), Worsley Investors (WINV), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Thames Ventures VCT 2 Healthcare Shs (TV2H), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and BioPharma Credit (BPCR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Walker Crips Group vs.

Walker Crips Group (LON:WCW) and Adams (LON:ADA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Walker Crips Group has a net margin of 1.75% compared to Adams' net margin of 0.00%. Walker Crips Group's return on equity of 2.51% beat Adams' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walker Crips Group1.75% 2.51% 1.05%
Adams N/A -17.70%-11.03%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walker Crips Group£30.87M0.31N/A£0.012,250.00
Adams-£2.19M-4.33-£1.05M-£0.01-650.00

5.0% of Walker Crips Group shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of Walker Crips Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 95.3% of Adams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Walker Crips Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walker Crips Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Adams
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Adams had 39 more articles in the media than Walker Crips Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Adams and 1 mentions for Walker Crips Group. Walker Crips Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Adams' score of -0.03 indicating that Walker Crips Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walker Crips Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Adams
2 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Walker Crips Group received 42 more outperform votes than Adams when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.01% of users gave Adams an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Walker Crips Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Walker Crips GroupOutperform Votes
91
63.64%
Underperform Votes
52
36.36%
AdamsOutperform Votes
49
69.01%
Underperform Votes
22
30.99%

Summary

Walker Crips Group beats Adams on 10 of the 14 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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WCW vs. The Competition

MetricWalker Crips GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£9.58M£728.44M£3.05B£1.44B
Dividend Yield2.22%13.46%4.58%12.26%
P/E Ratio2,250.00914.00456.211,800.18
Price / Sales0.3114,315.582,552.36338,701.99
Price / Cash0.9982.0046.8833.34
Price / Book0.451.701.582.58
Net IncomeN/A£50.78M£385.03M£184.31M
7 Day Performance9.76%0.97%6.93%5.36%
1 Month Performance-3.85%0.19%6.18%6.34%
1 Year Performance-4.90%3.27%8.32%7.60%

Walker Crips Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADA
Adams
0 of 5 stars
GBX 6.50
flat
N/AN/A£9.48M£-2,190,000.00-650.003
KRM
KRM22
0 of 5 stars
GBX 25
-9.1%
N/A-44.4%£8.95M£4.77M-208.3345Gap Up
KLSO
Kelso Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 2.65
-5.4%
N/AN/A£9.95M£1.76M-210.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
ALGW
Alpha Growth
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1.77
-1.4%
N/A-33.9%£8.30M£4.64M-7.434Positive News
High Trading Volume
NBDG
NB Distressed Debt New Glb
0 of 5 stars
GBX 29.50
-4.8%
N/A-22.0%£8.21MN/A327.78N/AGap Down
WINV
Worsley Investors
0 of 5 stars
GBX 23.42
-6.0%
N/AN/A£7.90M£742,000.00780.60N/AGap Down
TFG
Tetragon Financial
0 of 5 stars
GBX 9.65
-1.3%
N/A-5.6%£7.84M£240.40M6.31N/ADividend Announcement
TV2H
Thames Ventures VCT 2 Healthcare Shs
0 of 5 stars
GBX 47.50
flat
N/AN/A£11.19MN/A-2,375.00N/A
PEY
Princess Private Equity
0 of 5 stars
GBX 10.85
flat
N/A+14.2%£7.50M£58.07M40.19N/A
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
0 of 5 stars
GBX 0.88
-0.1%
N/A-6.4%£11.40M£220.74M6.75N/A

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This page (LON:WCW) was last updated on 5/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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