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SThree (STEM) Competitors

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GBX 227.50 -3.00 (-1.30%)
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STEM vs. HAS, PAGE, IPEL, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, RTC, NBB, and SMS

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 Smart Metering Systems (SMS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

SThree vs.

SThree (LON:STEM) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. SThree pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hays pays out -962.4% 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' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SThree's score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SThree Neutral
Hays Positive

83.8% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of SThree shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Hays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SThree3.33% 20.90% 10.67%
Hays -0.07%-0.84%2.27%

SThree has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SThree£1.47B0.20£48.77M£37.806.02
Hays£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-225.36

SThree currently has a consensus price target of GBX 345, indicating a potential upside of 51.65%. Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 70.82%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than SThree.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SThree
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Hays
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hays received 849 more outperform votes than SThree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.86% of users gave SThree an outperform vote while only 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SThreeOutperform Votes
29
82.86%
Underperform Votes
6
17.14%
HaysOutperform Votes
878
70.47%
Underperform Votes
368
29.53%

SThree has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hays has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SThree beats Hays on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STEM vs. The Competition

MetricSThreeStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£296.97M£269.46M£7.63B£2.62B
Dividend Yield6.54%5.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio6.0215.0623.14129.34
Price / Sales0.2013.9790.54221,585.85
Price / Cash10.6814.6326.9428.03
Price / Book1.221.553.973.79
Net Income£48.77M£10.32M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-3.60%5.18%0.77%0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.78%8.09%11.15%22.12%
1 Year Performance-47.15%-13.63%19.74%120.96%

SThree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STEM
SThree
3.6416 of 5 stars
GBX 227.50
-1.3%
GBX 345
+51.6%
-46.6%£296.97M£1.47B6.022,280
HAS
Hays
3.3664 of 5 stars
GBX 76.75
+0.7%
GBX 120
+56.4%
-30.8%£1.21B£6.91B-246.216,490
PAGE
PageGroup
3.3943 of 5 stars
GBX 288.89
+2.6%
GBX 495
+71.3%
-43.0%£905.25M£1.87B17.887,859Positive News
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
RWA
Robert Walters
N/AGBX 225
-3.0%
N/A-46.2%£160.54M£1.07B25.963,980
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 27.12
+1.2%
N/A+37.2%£35.18M£896.86M-1.862,300News Coverage
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 80
+3.2%
N/A-11.2%£24.02M£370.86M129.19446
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 33.40
-4.6%
N/A-34.2%£15.70M£235.95M-2.653,150Gap Down
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 92.25
+2.5%
N/A+0.1%£11.94M£90.27M6.50361News Coverage
Positive News
NBB
Norman Broadbent
N/AGBX 2.75
-5.2%
N/A-66.8%£1.71M£10.98M7.1552Gap Down
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361News Coverage

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This page (LON:STEM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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