PAGE vs. HAS, IPEL, STEM, RWA, NBB, STAF, GATC, RTC, EMR, and SIG
Should you be buying PageGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PageGroup include Hays (HAS), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), and Signature Aviation (SIG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
PageGroup vs. Its Competitors
Hays (LON:HAS) and PageGroup (LON:PAGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 67.57%. PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 70.58%. Given PageGroup's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Hays.
Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Hays pays out -962.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PageGroup pays out 105.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
91.2% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of PageGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PageGroup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hays has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PageGroup'saverage media sentiment score.
PageGroup has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. PageGroup's return on equity of 17.47% beat Hays' return on equity.
Summary
PageGroup beats Hays on 10 of the 15 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.
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This page (LON:PAGE) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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