PAGE vs. HAS, STEM, HILS, TPK, BOY, MTO, SMS, RHIM, CKN, and DATA
Should you be buying PageGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PageGroup include Hays (HAS), SThree (STEM), Hill & Smith (HILS), Travis Perkins (TPK), Bodycote (BOY), Mitie Group (MTO), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Clarkson (CKN), and GlobalData (DATA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
PageGroup (LON:PAGE) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Hays received 600 more outperform votes than PageGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave PageGroup an outperform vote.
Hays has higher revenue and earnings than PageGroup. PageGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PageGroup presently has a consensus price target of GBX 515, indicating a potential upside of 13.14%. Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 61.65%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than PageGroup.
PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PageGroup 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. Hays pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PageGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, PageGroup had 1 more articles in the media than Hays. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for Hays. PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Hays' score of 0.00 indicating that PageGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PageGroup has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hays has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PageGroup has a net margin of 3.83% compared to Hays' net margin of 1.15%. PageGroup's return on equity of 23.40% beat Hays' return on equity.
90.7% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of PageGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by 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.
Summary
PageGroup beats Hays on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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