STEM vs. PAGE, IPEL, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, HAS, and CGEO
Should you be buying SThree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SThree include PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Hays (HAS), and Georgia Capital (CGEO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
SThree vs. Its Competitors
SThree (LON:STEM) and PageGroup (LON:PAGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SThree pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PageGroup pays out 462.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SThree is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, SThree had 3 more articles in the media than PageGroup. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SThree and 0 mentions for PageGroup. SThree's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat PageGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that SThree is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SThree has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.5% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of SThree shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of PageGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SThree currently has a consensus target price of GBX 280, suggesting a potential upside of 71.15%. PageGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 352.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.64%. Given SThree's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SThree is more favorable than PageGroup.
SThree has a net margin of 3.33% compared to PageGroup's net margin of 2.71%. SThree's return on equity of 20.90% beat PageGroup's return on equity.
PageGroup has higher revenue and earnings than SThree. SThree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SThree beats PageGroup on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:STEM) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
