WIL vs. W7L, CCEP, AEP, PZC, NICL, KITW, MPE, MCB, KYGA, and ACRL
Should you be buying Wilmington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wilmington include Warpaint London (W7L), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), PZ Cussons (PZC), Nichols (NICL), Kitwave Group (KITW), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), McBride (MCB), Kerry Group (KYGA), and Accrol Group (ACRL). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Warpaint London (LON:W7L) and Wilmington (LON:WIL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Wilmington received 388 more outperform votes than Warpaint London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.68% of users gave Wilmington an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Warpaint London an outperform vote.
Wilmington has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Wilmington's net margin of 11.00%. Warpaint London's return on equity of 23.75% beat Wilmington's return on equity.
Warpaint London has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wilmington has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
31.5% of Warpaint London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. 50.9% of Warpaint London shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Wilmington 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.
In the previous week, Wilmington had 34 more articles in the media than Warpaint London. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Wilmington and 12 mentions for Warpaint London. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Warpaint London's score of -0.07 indicating that Warpaint London is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wilmington has higher revenue and earnings than Warpaint London. Wilmington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warpaint London, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warpaint London currently has a consensus price target of GBX 550, indicating a potential upside of 16.40%. Wilmington has a consensus price target of GBX 418, indicating a potential upside of 13.59%. Given Wilmington's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Warpaint London is more favorable than Wilmington.
Warpaint London pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Wilmington pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Warpaint London pays out 7,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wilmington pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wilmington is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Wilmington beats Warpaint London on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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