PPHC vs. GTLY, SAG, MANO, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, AFM, FSJ, GPH, and ECEL
Should you be buying Public Policy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Policy include Gateley (GTLY), Science Group (SAG), Manolete Partners (MANO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Global Ports (GPH), and Eurocell (ECEL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Public Policy (LON:PPHC) and Gateley (LON:GTLY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
8.7% of Public Policy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Gateley shares are held by institutional investors. 54.5% of Public Policy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gateley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gateley received 136 more outperform votes than Public Policy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Gateley has higher revenue and earnings than Public Policy. Public Policy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gateley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gateley has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Public Policy's net margin of -10.55%. Gateley's return on equity of 17.44% beat Public Policy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gateley had 2 more articles in the media than Public Policy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gateley and 0 mentions for Public Policy. Gateley's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Public Policy's score of 0.00 indicating that Gateley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Public Policy pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Public Policy pays out -11,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gateley pays out 9,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Public Policy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Public Policy has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gateley has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gateley beats Public Policy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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