SNX vs. GMS, 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 Gulf Marine Services (GMS), 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. Its Competitors
Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) and Synectics (LON:SNX) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Synectics' net margin of 5.63%. Gulf Marine Services' return on equity of 11.84% beat Synectics' return on equity.
Gulf Marine Services has higher revenue and earnings than Synectics. Gulf Marine Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synectics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Synectics had 3 more articles in the media than Gulf Marine Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Synectics and 0 mentions for Gulf Marine Services. Synectics' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Gulf Marine Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Synectics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Marine Services has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synectics has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
7.9% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Synectics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Synectics 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.
Summary
Gulf Marine Services beats Synectics on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:SNX) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
