Science Group (SAG) Competitors

Science Group (LON:SAG) and Gateley (LON:GTLY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Is SAG or GTLY a better dividend stock?

Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Science Group 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. 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SAG or GTLY?

Gateley has higher revenue and earnings than Science Group. Gateley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, 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
Science Group	£113.34M	1.66	£5.52M	£0.12	3,458.33
Gateley	£168.50M	0.92	£13.73M	£0.11	1,068.18

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SAG or GTLY?

61.0% of Science Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Gateley shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.8% of Science Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gateley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SAG or GTLY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Science Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Gateley	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, SAG or GTLY?

Science Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gateley has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SAG or GTLY?

In the previous week, Science Group had 6 more articles in the media than Gateley. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Science Group and 2 mentions for Gateley. Science Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Gateley's score of 0.30 indicating that Science Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Science Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gateley	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAG or GTLY?

Science Group and Gateley both received 136 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave Gateley an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Science Group	Outperform Votes 136 68.00%	Underperform Votes 64 32.00%
Gateley	Outperform Votes 136 62.10%	Underperform Votes 83 37.90%

Is SAG or GTLY more profitable?

Gateley has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Science Group's net margin of 4.87%. Gateley's return on equity of 17.44% beat Science Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Science Group	4.87%	7.07%	4.00%
Gateley	8.15%	17.44%	9.68%

Summary

Science Group and Gateley tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.