Arcontech Group (ARC) Competitors

Arcontech Group (LON:ARC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ARC or STAF?

1.9% of Arcontech Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Staffline Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.5% of Arcontech Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Staffline Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARC or STAF a better dividend stock?

Arcontech Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 59.5%. Arcontech Group pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Staffline Group pays out -171.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Staffline Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARC or STAF?

Staffline Group received 104 more outperform votes than Arcontech Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Staffline Group an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Arcontech Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcontech Group	Outperform Votes 189 62.17%	Underperform Votes 115 37.83%
Staffline Group	Outperform Votes 293 77.51%	Underperform Votes 85 22.49%

Is ARC or STAF more profitable?

Arcontech Group has a net margin of 36.69% compared to Staffline Group's net margin of -2.04%. Arcontech Group's return on equity of 13.37% beat Staffline Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcontech Group	36.69%	13.37%	5.55%
Staffline Group	-2.04%	-42.09%	2.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, ARC or STAF?

Arcontech Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Staffline Group has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ARC or STAF?

In the previous week, Staffline Group had 1 more articles in the media than Arcontech Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Staffline Group and 1 mentions for Arcontech Group. Staffline Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Arcontech Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Staffline Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arcontech Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Staffline Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ARC or STAF?

Arcontech Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Staffline Group. Staffline Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcontech Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcontech Group	£2.97M	3.98	£1.09M	£7.77	11.12
Staffline Group	£896.86M	0.06	-£18.31M	-£14.56	-2.88

Summary

Staffline Group beats Arcontech Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.