SAG vs. TOT, ARW, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG
Should you be buying Science Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Science Group include Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Science Group vs. Its Competitors
Total Produce (LON:TOT) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Total Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Science Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Science Group pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Science Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Science Group has a consensus price target of GBX 758, suggesting a potential upside of 35.36%. Given Science Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Science Group is more favorable than Total Produce.
63.6% of Science Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Science Group 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.
Science Group has a net margin of 5.44% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. Science Group's return on equity of 7.43% beat Total Produce's return on equity.
Summary
Science Group beats Total Produce on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAG) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff