PageGroup (PAGE) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HAS or PAGE?

Hays received 603 more outperform votes than PageGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave PageGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hays	Outperform Votes 878 70.47%	Underperform Votes 368 29.53%
PageGroup	Outperform Votes 275 58.39%	Underperform Votes 196 41.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, HAS or PAGE?

Hays has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HAS or PAGE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hays	£6.91B	0.16	-£4.87M	-£0.31	-229.37
PageGroup	£1.87B	0.45	£50.57M	£16.16	16.45

Is HAS or PAGE more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hays	-0.07%	-0.84%	2.27%
PageGroup	2.71%	17.47%	7.59%

Is HAS or PAGE a better dividend stock?

Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.

Do analysts prefer HAS or PAGE?

Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 67.83%. PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 495, indicating a potential upside of 86.23%. Given PageGroup's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Hays.

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

Does the media favor HAS or PAGE?

In the previous week, PageGroup had 2 more articles in the media than Hays. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for Hays. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PageGroup'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hays	Neutral
PageGroup	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HAS or PAGE?

91.2% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of PageGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PageGroup beats Hays on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.