GATC vs. STAF, RTC, EMR, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, NBB, and MCON
Should you be buying Gattaca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gattaca include Staffline Group (STAF), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Norman Broadbent (NBB), and Mincon Group (MCON). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca vs. Its Competitors
Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 52.7%. 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. Staffline Group pays out -171.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Staffline Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Staffline Group had 5 more articles in the media than Gattaca. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Staffline Group and 1 mentions for Gattaca. Gattaca's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Staffline Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Gattaca is being referred to more favorably in the media.
11.8% of Gattaca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Staffline Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.8% of Gattaca shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Staffline Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gattaca has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Staffline Group. Staffline Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gattaca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gattaca has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Staffline Group has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gattaca has a net margin of 0.05% compared to Staffline Group's net margin of -2.04%. Gattaca's return on equity of 0.65% beat Staffline Group's return on equity.
Summary
Gattaca beats Staffline Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:GATC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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