NBB vs. HAS, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, RTC, EMR, and TON
Should you be buying Norman Broadbent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norman Broadbent include Hays (HAS), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), RTC Group (RTC), Empresaria Group (EMR), and Titon (TON). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Norman Broadbent vs.
Hays (LON:HAS) and Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Norman Broadbent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norman Broadbent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hays had 1 more articles in the media than Norman Broadbent. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for Norman Broadbent. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Norman Broadbent's score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 61.07%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than Norman Broadbent.
Hays has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.2% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Norman Broadbent shares are held by company 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.
Hays received 825 more outperform votes than Norman Broadbent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 54.64% of users gave Norman Broadbent an outperform vote.
Norman Broadbent has a net margin of 2.02% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. Norman Broadbent's return on equity of 16.52% beat Hays' return on equity.
Summary
Hays beats Norman Broadbent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NBB) was last updated on 3/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
