GATC vs. STAF, EMR, RTC, NBB, HAS, PAGE, STEM, IPEL, RWA, and KGH
Should you be buying Gattaca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gattaca include Staffline Group (STAF), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), SThree (STEM), Impellam Group (IPEL), Robert Walters (RWA), and Knights Group (KGH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Gattaca has a net margin of 0.33% compared to Staffline Group's net margin of -2.03%. Gattaca's return on equity of 5.32% beat Staffline Group's return on equity.
Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 74.9%. Gattaca 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. Staffline Group pays out -19,230.8% 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.
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 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.
In the previous week, Staffline Group had 2 more articles in the media than Gattaca. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Staffline Group and 0 mentions for Gattaca. Gattaca's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Staffline Group's score of -0.16 indicating that Gattaca is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Staffline Group received 164 more outperform votes than Gattaca when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Staffline Group an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Gattaca an outperform vote.
11.6% of Gattaca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Staffline Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Gattaca shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Staffline Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Gattaca beats Staffline Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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