STEM vs. HAS, PAGE, IPEL, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, and REDD
Should you be buying SThree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SThree include Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), RTC Group (RTC), Norman Broadbent (NBB), and Redde Northgate (REDD). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
SThree vs. Its Competitors
Hays (LON:HAS) and SThree (LON:STEM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Hays has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SThree has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SThree has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Hays pays out -612.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SThree pays out 65.6% 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.
In the previous week, Hays had 3 more articles in the media than SThree. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for SThree. SThree's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Hays' score of -0.04 indicating that SThree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SThree has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. SThree's return on equity of 20.90% beat Hays' return on equity.
Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 79, suggesting a potential upside of 37.99%. SThree has a consensus price target of GBX 350, suggesting a potential upside of 88.58%. Given SThree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SThree is more favorable than Hays.
48.3% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of SThree shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of SThree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SThree beats Hays on 13 of the 17 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 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
