Gattaca (GATC) Competitors

Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GATC or STAF?

Gattaca has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gattaca	£380.83M	0.07	£1.57M	£0.05	1,672.24
Staffline Group	£988.40M	0.04	-£19.90M	-£0.13	-208.85

Which has more risk and volatility, GATC or STAF?

Gattaca has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Staffline Group has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GATC or STAF?

In the previous week, Staffline Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Gattaca's score of 0.00 indicating that Staffline Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gattaca	Neutral
Staffline Group	Positive

Is GATC or STAF a better dividend stock?

Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 92.1%. 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 pays out -19,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Staffline Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GATC or STAF?

11.8% of Gattaca shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Staffline Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.8% of Gattaca shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Staffline Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GATC or STAF more profitable?

Gattaca has a net margin of 0.33% compared to Staffline Group's net margin of -2.03%. Gattaca's return on equity of 5.32% beat Staffline Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gattaca	0.33%	5.32%	1.44%
Staffline Group	-2.03%	-36.41%	2.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GATC or STAF?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gattaca	Outperform Votes 129 67.89%	Underperform Votes 61 32.11%
Staffline Group	Outperform Votes 293 77.51%	Underperform Votes 85 22.49%

Summary

Gattaca and Staffline Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.