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GBX 263.20 -6.80 (-2.52%)
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PAGE vs. HAS, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, and IDS

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 International Distributions Services (IDS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

PageGroup vs.

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

PageGroup has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PageGroup£1.87B0.45£50.57M£16.1616.71
Hays£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-225.36

PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Hays pays out -962.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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
PageGroup2.71% 17.47% 7.59%
Hays -0.07%-0.84%2.27%

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

PageGroup currently has a consensus target price of GBX 495, indicating a potential upside of 83.33%. Hays has a consensus target price of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 70.82%. Given PageGroup's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Hays.

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

In the previous week, PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Hays' score of 0.67 indicating that PageGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PageGroup Positive
Hays Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PageGroupOutperform Votes
275
58.39%
Underperform Votes
196
41.61%
HaysOutperform Votes
878
70.47%
Underperform Votes
368
29.53%

90.0% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of PageGroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds 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.

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PAGE vs. The Competition

MetricPageGroupStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£846.05M£269.46M£7.63B£2.62B
Dividend Yield5.07%5.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio16.7115.0623.14129.34
Price / Sales0.4513.9790.53221,585.85
Price / Cash10.7714.6326.9428.03
Price / Book3.101.553.973.79
Net Income£50.57M£10.32M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-1.03%5.18%0.77%0.62%
1 Month Performance7.23%8.09%11.16%22.12%
1 Year Performance-43.56%-13.63%19.74%120.95%

PageGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAGE
PageGroup
3.3943 of 5 stars
GBX 263.20
-2.5%
GBX 495
+88.1%
-43.6%£824.74M£1.87B16.297,859Positive News
Gap Up
HAS
Hays
3.362 of 5 stars
GBX 76.75
+0.7%
GBX 120
+56.4%
-33.4%£1.21B£6.91B-246.216,490
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
3.6386 of 5 stars
GBX 246
+0.6%
GBX 345
+40.2%
-47.2%£321.12M£1.47B6.512,280Gap Down
RWA
Robert Walters
N/AGBX 225
-3.0%
N/A-43.6%£160.54M£1.07B25.963,980
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 27.12
+1.2%
N/A+21.7%£35.18M£896.86M-1.862,300
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 80
+3.2%
N/A-15.6%£24.02M£370.86M129.19446
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 33.40
-4.6%
N/A-34.5%£15.70M£235.95M-2.653,150Gap Up
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 92.25
+2.5%
N/A+1.1%£11.94M£90.27M6.50361Positive News
Gap Up
NBB
Norman Broadbent
N/AGBX 2.75
-5.2%
N/A-51.2%£1.71M£10.98M7.1552Gap Down
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 359
-0.2%
N/A+9.6%£3.44B£12.69B63.63160,980

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This page (LON:PAGE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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