GATC vs. RWA, STAF, EMR, RTC, NBB, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, and TRI
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), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), and Trifast (TRI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca vs. Its Competitors
Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Robert Walters (LON:RWA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
6.4% of Gattaca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Robert Walters shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.9% of Gattaca shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Robert Walters shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1.11 beat Gattaca's score of 0.00 indicating that Robert Walters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Robert Walters has a consensus price target of GBX 280, suggesting a potential upside of 113.74%. Given Robert Walters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Robert Walters is more favorable than Gattaca.
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.
Gattaca has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robert Walters has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Robert Walters pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Gattaca pays out 131.6% 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 pays out -104.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Robert Walters is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Robert Walters beats Gattaca on 14 of the 18 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
