SNX vs. SAG, JPEI, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, FERG, PLUS, MRC, and TOT
Should you be buying Synectics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synectics include Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), Ferguson (FERG), Plus500 (PLUS), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), and Total Produce (TOT). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Synectics vs.
Synectics (LON:SNX) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Science Group received 14 more outperform votes than Synectics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.47% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 61.27% of users gave Synectics an outperform vote.
Science Group has a consensus target price of GBX 758, indicating a potential upside of 62.77%. Given Science Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Science Group is more favorable than Synectics.
22.8% of Synectics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Science Group shares are held by institutional investors. 62.2% of Synectics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Science Group shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Science Group had 2 more articles in the media than Synectics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Science Group and 1 mentions for Synectics. Science Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Synectics' score of 0.00 indicating that Science Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Synectics pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Synectics pays out 22.3% 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.
Synectics has a net margin of 5.63% compared to Science Group's net margin of 5.44%. Synectics' return on equity of 7.67% beat Science Group's return on equity.
Synectics has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Science Group has higher revenue and earnings than Synectics. Synectics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Science Group beats Synectics on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SNX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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