GMAA vs. MANO, RFX, HSS, WATR, DIA, ALU, FLO, BILN, SFT, and SMJ
Should you be buying Gama Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gama Aviation include Manolete Partners (MANO), Ramsdens (RFX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Water Intelligence (WATR), Dialight (DIA), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Billington (BILN), Software Circle (SFT), and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gama Aviation (LON:GMAA) and Manolete Partners (LON:MANO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Manolete Partners has a net margin of 7.34% compared to Gama Aviation's net margin of -1.12%. Manolete Partners' return on equity of 5.00% beat Gama Aviation's return on equity.
Manolete Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gama Aviation. Gama Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manolete Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gama Aviation has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manolete Partners has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
5.5% of Gama Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Manolete Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 79.6% of Gama Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Manolete Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gama Aviation pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Manolete Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Gama Aviation pays out -1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manolete Partners pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gama Aviation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Gama Aviation had 1 more articles in the media than Manolete Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gama Aviation and 2 mentions for Manolete Partners. Gama Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Manolete Partners' score of 0.06 indicating that Gama Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gama Aviation received 216 more outperform votes than Manolete Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Manolete Partners an outperform vote while only 71.59% of users gave Gama Aviation an outperform vote.
Summary
Manolete Partners beats Gama Aviation on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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