PAGE vs. HAS, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, and ROR
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), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Norman Broadbent (NBB), and Rotork (ROR). 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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
48.3% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Hays shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of PageGroup shares are held 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.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Hays pays out -612.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PageGroup pays out 462.4% 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 79, indicating a potential upside of 37.03%. PageGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 352.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.36%. Given PageGroup's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Hays.
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.
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 had 2 more articles in the media than PageGroup. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for PageGroup. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat PageGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PageGroup beats Hays on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
