Norman Broadbent (NBB) Competitors

Hays (LON:HAS) and Norman Broadbent (LON:NBB) 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, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts rate HAS or NBB?

Hays presently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 67.48%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than Norman Broadbent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Norman Broadbent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer HAS or NBB?

In the previous week, Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Norman Broadbent'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hays	Neutral
Norman Broadbent	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HAS or NBB?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hays	Outperform Votes 878 70.47%	Underperform Votes 368 29.53%
Norman Broadbent	Outperform Votes 53 54.64%	Underperform Votes 44 45.36%

Is HAS or NBB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hays	-0.07%	-0.84%	2.27%
Norman Broadbent	2.02%	16.52%	3.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, HAS or NBB?

Hays has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norman Broadbent has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HAS or NBB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hays	£6.91B	0.16	-£4.87M	-£0.31	-229.85
Norman Broadbent	£10.98M	0.15	£221.78K	£0.38	6.76

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HAS or NBB?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hays beats Norman Broadbent on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.