Which has better earnings and valuation, HAS or STEM?

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. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Hays £6.42B 0.16 -£4.87M -£0.66 N/A SThree £1.25B 0.29 £48.77M £10.10 29.16

Is HAS or STEM more profitable?

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.16%. SThree's return on equity of 5.85% beat Hays' return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hays -0.16% -2.24% 2.27% SThree 1.04% 5.85% 10.67%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAGE or STEM?

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. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio PageGroup £1.60B 0.44 £50.57M £2.90 77.24 SThree £1.25B 0.29 £48.77M £10.10 29.16

Is PAGE or STEM more profitable?

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to PageGroup's net margin of 0.79%. PageGroup's return on equity of 5.95% beat SThree's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PageGroup 0.79% 5.95% 7.59% SThree 1.04% 5.85% 10.67%

Do analysts recommend AFM or STEM?

SThree has a consensus target price of GBX 270, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than SThree. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alpha Financial Markets Consulting 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SThree 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, STEM or DATA?

SThree has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. GlobalData is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio SThree £1.25B 0.29 £48.77M £10.10 29.16 GlobalData £322.10M 1.81 £33.17M £4.40 19.16

Is STEM or DATA more profitable?

GlobalData has a net margin of 10.28% compared to SThree's net margin of 1.04%. GlobalData's return on equity of 9.94% beat SThree's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets SThree 1.04% 5.85% 10.67% GlobalData 10.28% 9.94% 7.91%

Do analysts rate STEM or IPEL?

SThree presently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Given Impellam Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Impellam Group is more favorable than SThree. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score SThree 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Impellam Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00

Is STEM or IPEL more profitable?

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to Impellam Group's net margin of 0.32%. Impellam Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat SThree's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets SThree 1.04% 5.85% 10.67% Impellam Group 0.32% 7.78% 1.23%

SThree (STEM) Competitors

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STEM vs. HAS, PAGE, AFM, DATA, and IPEL

Should you buy SThree stock or one of its competitors? SThree's main competitors and comparable companies include Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), GlobalData (DATA), and Impellam Group (IPEL). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "professional services" industry.

How does SThree compare to Hays?

Hays (LON:HAS) and SThree (LON:STEM) 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, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Hays had 10 more articles in the media than SThree. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for SThree. SThree's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Hays' score of -0.13 indicating that SThree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hays	Neutral
SThree	Neutral

48.3% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Hays shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of SThree shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hays currently has a consensus target price of GBX 57.20, suggesting a potential downside of 14.81%. SThree has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential downside of 8.32%. Given SThree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SThree is more favorable than Hays.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hays	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Hays has a beta of 0.767, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SThree has a beta of 0.729, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the broader market.

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hays	£6.42B	0.16	-£4.87M	-£0.66	N/A
SThree	£1.25B	0.29	£48.77M	£10.10	29.16

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.16%. SThree's return on equity of 5.85% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hays	-0.16%	-2.24%	2.27%
SThree	1.04%	5.85%	10.67%

Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Hays pays out -187.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SThree pays out 141.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SThree beats Hays on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does SThree compare to PageGroup?

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

PageGroup has a beta of 1.002, meaning that its stock price is 0% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SThree has a beta of 0.729, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the broader market.

PageGroup presently has a consensus price target of GBX 228.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. SThree has a consensus price target of GBX 270, suggesting a potential downside of 8.32%. Given PageGroup's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PageGroup is more favorable than SThree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PageGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

In the previous week, PageGroup had 1 more articles in the media than SThree. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for SThree. PageGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SThree's score of 0.34 indicating that PageGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PageGroup	Positive
SThree	Neutral

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PageGroup	£1.60B	0.44	£50.57M	£2.90	77.24
SThree	£1.25B	0.29	£48.77M	£10.10	29.16

76.5% of PageGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of PageGroup shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of SThree shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to PageGroup's net margin of 0.79%. PageGroup's return on equity of 5.95% beat SThree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PageGroup	0.79%	5.95%	7.59%
SThree	1.04%	5.85%	10.67%

PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. PageGroup pays out 590.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SThree pays out 141.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

PageGroup beats SThree on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does SThree compare to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and SThree (LON:STEM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, SThree's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that SThree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral
SThree	Neutral

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SThree has a beta of 0.729, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the broader market.

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to SThree's net margin of 1.04%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat SThree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%
SThree	1.04%	5.85%	10.67%

SThree has a consensus target price of GBX 270, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than SThree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

SThree has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A
SThree	£1.25B	0.29	£48.77M	£10.10	29.16

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of SThree shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of SThree shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 10,769.2% 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 pays out 141.6% 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.

Summary

SThree beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does SThree compare to GlobalData?

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

65.5% of SThree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of GlobalData shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of SThree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.7% of GlobalData shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. SThree pays out 141.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GlobalData pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, GlobalData had 7 more articles in the media than SThree. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for SThree. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat SThree's score of 0.34 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SThree	Neutral
GlobalData	Neutral

SThree has a beta of 0.729, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, GlobalData has a beta of 0.718, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

GlobalData has a net margin of 10.28% compared to SThree's net margin of 1.04%. GlobalData's return on equity of 9.94% beat SThree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SThree	1.04%	5.85%	10.67%
GlobalData	10.28%	9.94%	7.91%

SThree has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. GlobalData is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SThree	£1.25B	0.29	£48.77M	£10.10	29.16
GlobalData	£322.10M	1.81	£33.17M	£4.40	19.16

SThree currently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. GlobalData has a consensus price target of GBX 173.75, indicating a potential upside of 106.11%. Given GlobalData's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GlobalData is more favorable than SThree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GlobalData	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

SThree and GlobalData tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does SThree compare to Impellam Group?

SThree (LON:STEM) and Impellam Group (LON:IPEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

SThree has a net margin of 1.04% compared to Impellam Group's net margin of 0.32%. Impellam Group's return on equity of 7.78% beat SThree's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SThree	1.04%	5.85%	10.67%
Impellam Group	0.32%	7.78%	1.23%

SThree has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Impellam Group. Impellam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SThree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SThree	£1.25B	0.29	£48.77M	£10.10	29.16
Impellam Group	£2.04B	0.00	£15.70M	£0.35	N/A

SThree presently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential downside of 8.32%. Given Impellam Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Impellam Group is more favorable than SThree.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SThree	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Impellam Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

65.5% of SThree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Impellam Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of SThree shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.8% of Impellam Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, SThree's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Impellam Group's score of 0.00 indicating that SThree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SThree	Neutral
Impellam Group	Neutral

SThree pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Impellam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share. SThree pays out 141.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Impellam Group pays out 32,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SThree is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

SThree has a beta of 0.729, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Impellam Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

SThree beats Impellam Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STEM vs. The Competition

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Metric	SThree	Professional Services Industry	Industrials Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£353.30M	£7.89B	£10.69B	£2.54B
Dividend Yield	4.91%	3.72%	97.23%	6.17%
P/E Ratio	29.16	37.58	26.69	367.57
Price / Sales	0.29	25.85	328.80	83,481.74
Price / Cash	10.68	23.29	24.47	27.89
Price / Book	1.58	7.19	4.49	7.19
Net Income	£48.77M	£237.15M	£612.35M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	-1.17%	0.41%	-1.41%	0.30%
1 Month Performance	25.57%	8.39%	2.54%	3.31%
1 Year Performance	43.31%	-4.52%	12.36%	22.13%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
STEM SThree	2.5322 of 5 stars	GBX 294.50 +1.2%	GBX 270 -8.3%	+43.3%	£353.30M	£1.25B	29.16	2,280	High Trading Volume
HAS Hays	1.4094 of 5 stars	GBX 68 -4.8%	GBX 57.20 -15.9%	+4.7%	£1.07B	£6.49B	N/A	6,490	News Coverage Earnings Report Analyst Forecast Gap Up High Trading Volume
PAGE PageGroup	0.9668 of 5 stars	GBX 221.20 +4.4%	GBX 228.33 +3.2%	-13.0%	£688.74M	£1.60B	76.28	7,859	News Coverage Gap Up High Trading Volume
AFM Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£591.19M	£233.62M	3,876.92	1,051
DATA GlobalData	3.2265 of 5 stars	GBX 83.40 -1.9%	GBX 173.75 +108.3%	-37.1%	£577.12M	£322.10M	18.95	3,532

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