Hays (HAS) Competitors

1863642 (DTC.L) (LON:DTC) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is DTC or HAS more profitable?

1863642 (DTC.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. 1863642 (DTC.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
1863642 (DTC.L)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hays	-0.07%	-0.80%	2.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTC or HAS?

Hays received 746 more outperform votes than 1863642 (DTC.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave 1863642 (DTC.L) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
1863642 (DTC.L)	Outperform Votes 132 56.90%	Underperform Votes 100 43.10%
Hays	Outperform Votes 878 70.47%	Underperform Votes 368 29.53%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DTC or HAS?

91.2% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer DTC or HAS?

Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 55.54%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than 1863642 (DTC.L).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
1863642 (DTC.L)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DTC or HAS?

1863642 (DTC.L) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hays.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
1863642 (DTC.L)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hays	£6.95B	0.18	-£4.90M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer DTC or HAS?

In the previous week, 1863642 (DTC.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hays'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
1863642 (DTC.L)	Neutral
Hays	Neutral

Summary

Hays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.