Which has higher earnings and valuation, NBB or RTC?

RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTC Group, 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 Norman Broadbent £15.14M 0.23 £221.78K £31.60 5.85 RTC Group £95.54M 0.13 £1.74M £14.10 6.76

Do analysts rate NBB or HAS?

Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 64.20, indicating a potential upside of 31.61%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than Norman Broadbent. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Norman Broadbent 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Hays 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40

Is NBB or HAS more profitable?

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.16%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat Hays' return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Norman Broadbent 4.09% 31.30% 3.92% Hays -0.16% -2.24% 2.27%

Do analysts prefer NBB or PAGE?

PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 228.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.46%. Given PageGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Norman Broadbent. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Norman Broadbent 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 PageGroup 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67

Which has better valuation & earnings, NBB or PAGE?

PageGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, 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 Norman Broadbent £15.14M 0.23 £221.78K £31.60 5.85 PageGroup £1.60B 0.30 £50.57M £2.90 53.03

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NBB vs. RTC, EMR, HAS, IPEL, and PAGE

Should you buy Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Norman Broadbent with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Norman Broadbent include RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Hays (HAS), Impellam Group (IPEL), and PageGroup (PAGE). These companies are all part of the "staffing & employment services" industry.

How does Norman Broadbent compare to RTC Group?

Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) and RTC Group (LON:RTC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to RTC Group's net margin of 1.90%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat RTC Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norman Broadbent	4.09%	31.30%	3.92%
RTC Group	1.90%	23.24%	8.70%

In the previous week, Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled RTC Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Norman Broadbent	Neutral
RTC Group	Neutral

Norman Broadbent has a beta of 0.074, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, RTC Group has a beta of 0.766, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the broader market.

RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTC Group, 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
Norman Broadbent	£15.14M	0.23	£221.78K	£31.60	5.85
RTC Group	£95.54M	0.13	£1.74M	£14.10	6.76

0.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of RTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of RTC Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

RTC Group beats Norman Broadbent on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Norman Broadbent compare to Empresaria Group?

Empresaria Group (LON:EMR) and Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Empresaria Group has a beta of 0.255, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Norman Broadbent has a beta of 0.074, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the broader market.

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to Empresaria Group's net margin of -3.89%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat Empresaria Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empresaria Group	-3.89%	-52.54%	2.08%
Norman Broadbent	4.09%	31.30%	3.92%

Norman Broadbent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Empresaria Group. Empresaria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norman Broadbent, 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
Empresaria Group	£239M	0.04	-£5.75M	-£19.00	N/A
Norman Broadbent	£15.14M	0.23	£221.78K	£31.60	5.85

In the previous week, Empresaria Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Norman Broadbent'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Empresaria Group	Neutral
Norman Broadbent	Neutral

3.2% of Empresaria Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.9% of Empresaria Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by 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

Norman Broadbent beats Empresaria Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Norman Broadbent compare to Hays?

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

Norman Broadbent has a beta of 0.074, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Hays has a beta of 0.767, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the broader market.

Norman Broadbent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hays. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norman Broadbent, 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
Norman Broadbent	£15.14M	0.23	£221.78K	£31.60	5.85
Hays	£6.49B	0.12	-£4.87M	-£0.66	N/A

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.16%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norman Broadbent	4.09%	31.30%	3.92%
Hays	-0.16%	-2.24%	2.27%

0.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Hays had 4 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Norman Broadbent's score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Norman Broadbent	Neutral
Hays	Positive

Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 64.20, indicating a potential upside of 31.61%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than Norman Broadbent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norman Broadbent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hays	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Summary

Norman Broadbent and Hays tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Norman Broadbent compare to Impellam Group?

Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) and Impellam Group (LON:IPEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to Impellam Group's net margin of 0.32%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat Impellam Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norman Broadbent	4.09%	31.30%	3.92%
Impellam Group	0.32%	7.78%	1.23%

Norman Broadbent has a beta of 0.074, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Impellam Group has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the broader market.

Impellam Group has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Impellam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norman Broadbent, 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
Norman Broadbent	£15.14M	0.23	£221.78K	£31.60	5.85
Impellam Group	£2.04B	0.00	£15.70M	£0.35	N/A

In the previous week, Norman Broadbent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Impellam Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Norman Broadbent	Neutral
Impellam Group	Neutral

0.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Impellam Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.8% of Impellam Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Impellam Group beats Norman Broadbent on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Norman Broadbent compare to PageGroup?

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

0.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Norman Broadbent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of PageGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 4.09% compared to PageGroup's net margin of 0.56%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 31.30% beat PageGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norman Broadbent	4.09%	31.30%	3.92%
PageGroup	0.56%	4.18%	7.59%

PageGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Norman Broadbent. Norman Broadbent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, 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
Norman Broadbent	£15.14M	0.23	£221.78K	£31.60	5.85
PageGroup	£1.60B	0.30	£50.57M	£2.90	53.03

Norman Broadbent has a beta of 0.074, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 0.929, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, PageGroup had 10 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Norman Broadbent's score of 0.00 indicating that PageGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Norman Broadbent	Neutral
PageGroup	Positive

PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 228.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.46%. Given PageGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Norman Broadbent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norman Broadbent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PageGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

PageGroup beats Norman Broadbent on 12 of the 16 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.

NBB vs. The Competition

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Metric	Norman Broadbent	Staffing & Employment Services Industry	Industrials Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£3.43M	£316.91M	£9.46B	£2.78B
Dividend Yield	5.24%	8.90%	3.54%	6.17%
P/E Ratio	5.85	8.53	26.43	368.18
Price / Sales	0.23	9.54	2,079.45	84,613.91
Price / Cash	37.50	13.61	27.28	27.87
Price / Book	85.31	8.09	4.46	7.49
Net Income	£221.78K	£18.92M	£791.21M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	6.32%	5.84%	-1.57%	-0.48%
1 Month Performance	0.54%	4.36%	0.16%	-1.00%
1 Year Performance	-0.64%	-11.56%	15.26%	61.74%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
NBB Norman Broadbent	N/A	GBX 185 +2.2%	N/A	-2.8%	£3.43M	£15.14M	5.85	52	Gap Down
RTC RTC Group	N/A	GBX 100 flat	N/A	+3.9%	£12.55M	£95.54M	7.09	361	Gap Down
EMR Empresaria Group	N/A	GBX 21.40 flat	N/A	-8.2%	£10.50M	£239M	N/A	3,150
HAS Hays	4.1704 of 5 stars	GBX 34.88 -1.6%	GBX 64.20 +84.1%	-35.1%	£547.61M	£6.49B	N/A	6,490	Gap Up
IPEL Impellam Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£389.29M	£2.04B	2,500.00	1,783

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Norman Broadbent (NBB) Competitors

NBB vs. RTC, EMR, HAS, IPEL, and PAGE

How does Norman Broadbent compare to RTC Group?

Is NBB or RTC more profitable?

Does the media favor NBB or RTC?

Which has more volatility & risk, NBB or RTC?

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NBB or RTC?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NBB or RTC?

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How does Norman Broadbent compare to Empresaria Group?

Which has more risk and volatility, EMR or NBB?

Is EMR or NBB more profitable?

Which has better valuation & earnings, EMR or NBB?

Does the media favor EMR or NBB?

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EMR or NBB?

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How does Norman Broadbent compare to Hays?

Which has more risk & volatility, NBB or HAS?

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NBB or HAS?

Is NBB or HAS more profitable?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NBB or HAS?

Does the media prefer NBB or HAS?

Do analysts rate NBB or HAS?

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How does Norman Broadbent compare to Impellam Group?

Is NBB or IPEL more profitable?

Which has more volatility and risk, NBB or IPEL?

Which has better earnings and valuation, NBB or IPEL?

Does the media refer more to NBB or IPEL?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NBB or IPEL?

Summary

How does Norman Broadbent compare to PageGroup?

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NBB or PAGE?

Is NBB or PAGE more profitable?

Which has better valuation & earnings, NBB or PAGE?

Which has more risk & volatility, NBB or PAGE?

Does the media refer more to NBB or PAGE?

Do analysts prefer NBB or PAGE?

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Media Sentiment Over Time

NBB vs. The Competition

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