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
Synectics (LON:SNX) and Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
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.
Synectics has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Marine Services has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
18.9% of Synectics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Synectics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services had 11 more articles in the media than Synectics. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Gulf Marine Services and 0 mentions for Synectics. Synectics' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Gulf Marine Services' score of 0.34 indicating that Synectics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gulf Marine Services beats Synectics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SNX) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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