Hays (HAS) Competitors

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is PAGE or HAS more profitable?

PageGroup has a net margin of 3.83% compared to PageGroup's net margin of 1.15%. Hays' return on equity of 23.40% beat PageGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PageGroup	3.83%	23.40%	9.90%
Hays	1.15%	13.16%	5.45%

Is PAGE or HAS a better dividend stock?

PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. PageGroup pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hays 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. PageGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAGE or HAS?

Hays received 600 more outperform votes than PageGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.37% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave PageGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PageGroup	Outperform Votes 274 58.42%	Underperform Votes 195 41.58%
Hays	Outperform Votes 874 70.37%	Underperform Votes 368 29.63%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PAGE or HAS?

Hays has higher revenue and earnings than PageGroup. PageGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PageGroup	£2.01B	0.72	£77.07M	£0.32	1,381.25
Hays	£7.28B	0.20	£83.90M	£0.05	1,829.00

Does the media favor PAGE or HAS?

In the previous week, PageGroup had 9 more articles in the media than Hays. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PageGroup and 2 mentions for Hays. PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Hays' score of 0.17 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PageGroup	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hays	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PAGE or HAS?

PageGroup has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hays has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PAGE or HAS?

PageGroup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 515, suggesting a potential upside of 16.52%. Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 64.02%. Given PageGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than PageGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PageGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PAGE or HAS?

90.7% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of PageGroup shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PageGroup beats Hays on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.