GMAA vs. ALU, FLO, HSS, WATR, DIA, INSE, BILN, RFX, MANO, and SMJ
Should you be buying Gama Aviation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gama Aviation include The Alumasc Group (ALU), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Water Intelligence (WATR), Dialight (DIA), Inspired (INSE), Billington (BILN), Ramsdens (RFX), Manolete Partners (MANO), and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
The Alumasc Group (LON:ALU) and Gama Aviation (LON:GMAA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
The Alumasc Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gama Aviation has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Alumasc Group has a net margin of 8.71% compared to The Alumasc Group's net margin of -1.12%. Gama Aviation's return on equity of 33.91% beat The Alumasc Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Alumasc Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Gama Aviation's score of 0.00 indicating that Gama Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
45.2% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Gama Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.6% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.6% of Gama Aviation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Alumasc Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gama Aviation. Gama Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Alumasc Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Gama Aviation pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. The Alumasc Group pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gama Aviation pays out -1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The Alumasc Group received 180 more outperform votes than Gama Aviation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.92% of users gave The Alumasc Group an outperform vote while only 71.59% of users gave Gama Aviation an outperform vote.
Summary
The Alumasc Group beats Gama Aviation on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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