PageGroup (PAGE) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, PAGE or HAS?

Hays has higher revenue and earnings than PageGroup. PageGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hays, 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
PageGroup	£2.01B	0.71	£77.07M	£0.24	1,797.50
Hays	£7.28B	0.21	£83.90M	£0.05	1,890.00

Is PAGE or HAS a better dividend stock?

PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PageGroup pays out 6,666.7% 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 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAGE or HAS?

Hays received 601 more outperform votes than PageGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.42% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave PageGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PageGroup	Outperform Votes 275 58.39%	Underperform Votes 196 41.61%
Hays	Outperform Votes 876 70.42%	Underperform Votes 368 29.58%

Does the media prefer PAGE or HAS?

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. PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Hays' score of 0.00 indicating that PageGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PageGroup	Positive
Hays	Neutral

Is PAGE or HAS more profitable?

PageGroup has a net margin of 3.83% compared to Hays' net margin of 1.15%. PageGroup's return on equity of 23.40% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PageGroup	3.83%	23.40%	9.90%
Hays	1.15%	13.16%	5.45%

Do analysts prefer PAGE or HAS?

PageGroup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 495, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than PageGroup.

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

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

85.7% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of PageGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PAGE or HAS?

PageGroup has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hays has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PageGroup and Hays tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.