STAF vs. GATC, EMR, RTC, JNEO, IKA, PHE, PPS, NMT, MIND, and SMJ
Should you be buying Staffline Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Staffline Group include Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Journeo (JNEO), Ilika (IKA), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Neometals (NMT), Mind Gym (MIND), and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Gattaca has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Staffline Group. Staffline Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gattaca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.7% of Gattaca shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Staffline Group shares are held by institutional investors. 65.8% of Gattaca shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.3% of Staffline Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 76.3%. Gattaca 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. Staffline Group pays out -50,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Staffline Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gattaca has a net margin of 0.33% compared to Gattaca's net margin of -1.17%. Staffline Group's return on equity of 5.32% beat Gattaca's return on equity.
Gattaca has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Staffline Group has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Staffline Group received 164 more outperform votes than Gattaca when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Staffline Group an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Gattaca an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Staffline Group had 1 more articles in the media than Gattaca. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Staffline Group and 0 mentions for Gattaca. Gattaca's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Staffline Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Staffline Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Staffline Group beats Gattaca on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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