STAF vs. GATC, EMR, RTC, JNEO, IKA, PPS, NMT, PHE, CPH2, and MIND
Should you be buying Staffline Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Staffline Group include Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Journeo (JNEO), Ilika (IKA), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Neometals (NMT), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), and Mind Gym (MIND). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Staffline Group (LON:STAF) and Gattaca (LON:GATC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Gattaca has a net margin of 0.32% compared to Staffline Group's net margin of -1.17%. Gattaca's return on equity of 5.72% beat Staffline Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Staffline Group and Staffline Group both had 1 articles in the media. Gattaca's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Staffline Group's score of 0.78 indicating that Gattaca is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Staffline Group received 164 more outperform votes than Gattaca when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.51% of users gave Staffline Group an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Gattaca an outperform vote.
Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 84.7%. Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Staffline Group pays out -50,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gattaca pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Staffline Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Staffline Group has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gattaca has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gattaca has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Staffline Group. Staffline Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gattaca, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
40.0% of Staffline Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Gattaca shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.3% of Staffline Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.8% of Gattaca shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Gattaca beats Staffline Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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