GTLY vs. PPHC, SAG, MANO, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, AFM, NXR, CGS, and DLAR
Should you be buying Gateley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gateley include Public Policy (PPHC), Science Group (SAG), Manolete Partners (MANO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Norcros (NXR), Castings (CGS), and De La Rue (DLAR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gateley (LON:GTLY) and Public Policy (LON:PPHC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Gateley received 136 more outperform votes than Public Policy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Gateley has higher revenue and earnings than Public Policy. Public Policy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gateley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gateley has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Policy has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gateley had 1 more articles in the media than Public Policy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gateley and 0 mentions for Public Policy. Gateley's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Public Policy's score of 0.00 indicating that Gateley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
30.9% of Gateley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Public Policy shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Gateley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.5% of Public Policy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gateley has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Public Policy's net margin of -10.55%. Gateley's return on equity of 17.44% beat Public Policy's return on equity.
Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Public Policy pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Gateley pays out 9,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Public Policy pays out -11,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Policy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Gateley beats Public Policy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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