SAG vs. GTLY, PPHC, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, MANO, AFM, HSP, DLAR, and JAR
Should you be buying Science Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Science Group include Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Manolete Partners (MANO), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Hargreaves Services (HSP), De La Rue (DLAR), and Jardine Matheson (JAR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gateley (LON:GTLY) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Gateley has higher revenue and earnings than Science Group. Gateley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Science Group had 7 more articles in the media than Gateley. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Science Group and 2 mentions for Gateley. Science Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Gateley's score of 0.57 indicating that Gateley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gateley has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Gateley's net margin of 4.87%. Science Group's return on equity of 17.44% beat Gateley's return on equity.
Gateley and Science Group both received 136 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave Gateley an outperform vote.
Gateley has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Gateley pays out 9,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Science Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
30.9% of Gateley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Science Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Gateley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Science Group 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
Gateley beats Science Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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