The Sage Group (SGE) Competitors

Haleon (LON:HLN) and The Sage Group (LON:SGE) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HLN or SGE?

The Sage Group received 513 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.01% of users gave The Sage Group an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haleon	Outperform Votes 10 27.78%	Underperform Votes 26 72.22%
The Sage Group	Outperform Votes 523 45.01%	Underperform Votes 639 54.99%

Is HLN or SGE more profitable?

The Sage Group has a net margin of 11.87% compared to The Sage Group's net margin of 9.64%. Haleon's return on equity of 22.31% beat The Sage Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haleon	9.64%	6.70%	4.28%
The Sage Group	11.87%	22.31%	7.58%

Is HLN or SGE a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Sage Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Haleon pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Sage Group pays out 7,692.3% 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 preferable earnings & valuation, HLN or SGE?

Haleon has higher revenue and earnings than The Sage Group. Haleon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Sage 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
Haleon	£11.24B	2.87	£1.08B	£0.12	2,940.00
The Sage Group	£2.25B	4.80	£267M	£0.26	4,161.54

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HLN or SGE?

33.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of The Sage Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Haleon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Sage Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer HLN or SGE?

Haleon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 356, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. The Sage Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,183, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Sage Group is more favorable than Haleon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haleon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
The Sage Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media prefer HLN or SGE?

In the previous week, Haleon and Haleon both had 2 articles in the media. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat The Sage Group's score of -0.23 indicating that The Sage Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
The Sage Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

The Sage Group beats Haleon on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.