HAS vs. PAGE, STEM, HILS, MTO, BOY, TPK, SMS, RHIM, DATA, and CKN
Should you be buying Hays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hays include PageGroup (PAGE), SThree (STEM), Hill & Smith (HILS), Mitie Group (MTO), Bodycote (BOY), Travis Perkins (TPK), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), GlobalData (DATA), and Clarkson (CKN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Hays (LON:HAS) and PageGroup (LON:PAGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hays has higher revenue and earnings than PageGroup. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PageGroup's score of -0.09 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 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.
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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 62.69%. PageGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 515, suggesting a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than PageGroup.
89.2% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of PageGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Hays has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hays and PageGroup tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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