GATC vs. RWA, STAF, EMR, RTC, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, NBB, and CGS
Should you be buying Gattaca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gattaca include Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Norman Broadbent (NBB), and Castings (CGS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca vs. Its Competitors
Robert Walters (LON:RWA) and Gattaca (LON:GATC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Robert Walters has higher revenue and earnings than Gattaca. Robert Walters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gattaca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Robert Walters has a net margin of 0.58% compared to Gattaca's net margin of 0.05%. Robert Walters' return on equity of 3.65% beat Gattaca's return on equity.
75.5% of Robert Walters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Gattaca shares are held by institutional investors. 19.7% of Robert Walters shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.8% of Gattaca shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gattaca has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Robert Walters had 1 more articles in the media than Gattaca. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Robert Walters and 0 mentions for Gattaca. Robert Walters' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gattaca'saverage media sentiment score.
Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Robert Walters pays out 276.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gattaca pays out 484.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Robert Walters is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Robert Walters presently has a consensus target price of GBX 280, suggesting a potential upside of 87.92%. Given Robert Walters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Robert Walters is more favorable than Gattaca.
Summary
Robert Walters beats Gattaca on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GATC) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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