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GBX 459.60 -3.40 (-0.73%)
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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.

Total Produce (LON:TOT) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Science Group received 65 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Total Produce an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Total ProduceOutperform Votes
71
58.68%
Underperform Votes
50
41.32%
Science GroupOutperform Votes
136
68.00%
Underperform Votes
64
32.00%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Total Produce£3.82B0.17N/A£8.8018.75
Science Group£110.93M1.87£6.04M£0.133,535.38

63.6% of Science Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Science Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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 7.29% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Total ProduceN/A N/A N/A
Science Group 5.44%7.29%4.28%

Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Science Group pays out 6,153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Total Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Science Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Total Produce Neutral
Science Group Neutral

Summary

Science Group beats Total Produce on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAG vs. The Competition

MetricScience GroupConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£207.10M£2.41B£3.91B£1.43B
Dividend Yield1.73%3.21%4.38%11.75%
P/E Ratio3,535.383,554.41521.991,563.72
Price / Sales1.87194.44427.66215,756.83
Price / Cash4.5821.6130.3332.90
Price / Book2.482.383.612.88
Net Income£6.04M£97.90M£178.71M£153.02M
7 Day Performance-1.56%0.57%4.39%8.95%
1 Month Performance1.01%0.20%0.21%16.98%
1 Year Performance16.35%6.33%32.12%24.46%

Science Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAG
Science Group
N/AGBX 459.60
-0.7%
N/A+17.2%£207.10M£110.93M3,535.38443
TOT
Total Produce
N/AGBX 165
flat
N/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AGBX 307
flat
N/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 16
+0.3%
N/A+16.8%£171.20M£158.04M531.675,480News Coverage
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 296.60
-1.2%
N/A+181.0%£52.77M£53.55M1,694.4423,500
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 66
-0.8%
N/A+6.5%£31.36M£40.64M3,300.00140High Trading Volume
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AGBX 1.20
+9.1%
N/AN/A£729,000.00£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up
COR
70688 (COR.L)
N/AGBX 0.03
-7.1%
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0042,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RUS
Raven Russia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00147,000
FERG
Ferguson
0.3179 of 5 stars
£169.09
-0.1%
N/A+24.7%£33.93B£29.64B2,576.8636,000News Coverage

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This page (LON:SAG) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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