GATC vs. STAF, RTC, EMR, NBB, HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, and RNO
Should you be buying Gattaca stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gattaca include Staffline Group (STAF), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), and Renold (RNO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Gattaca vs.
Gattaca (LON:GATC) and Staffline Group (LON:STAF) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Staffline Group had 6 more articles in the media than Gattaca. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Staffline Group and 0 mentions for Gattaca. Gattaca's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Staffline Group's score of -0.39 indicating that Gattaca is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Gattaca pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Staffline Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 128.9%. 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.
11.8% of Gattaca shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of Staffline Group shares are held by institutional investors. 63.8% of Gattaca shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of Staffline Group shares are held 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.
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.
Gattaca has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Staffline Group has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gattaca beats Staffline Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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:GATC) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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