PageGroup (PAGE) Competitors

Hays (LON:HAS) and PageGroup (LON:PAGE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HAS or PAGE?

Hays received 603 more outperform votes than PageGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave PageGroup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hays	Outperform Votes 878 70.47%	Underperform Votes 368 29.53%
PageGroup	Outperform Votes 275 58.39%	Underperform Votes 196 41.61%

Do analysts recommend HAS or PAGE?

Hays currently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 71.92%. PageGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 495, indicating a potential upside of 97.84%. Given PageGroup's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PageGroup is more favorable than Hays.

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
PageGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, HAS or PAGE?

Hays has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PageGroup has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HAS or PAGE a better dividend stock?

Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Hays pays out -962.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PageGroup pays out 105.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HAS or PAGE?

91.2% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of PageGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of PageGroup 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HAS or PAGE?

PageGroup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays. Hays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PageGroup, 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	-223.92
PageGroup	£1.87B	0.42	£50.57M	£16.16	15.48

Is HAS or PAGE more profitable?

PageGroup has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. PageGroup's return on equity of 17.47% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hays	-0.07%	-0.84%	2.27%
PageGroup	2.71%	17.47%	7.59%

Does the media prefer HAS or PAGE?

In the previous week, PageGroup had 4 more articles in the media than Hays. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for Hays. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PageGroup's score of -0.31 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hays	Neutral
PageGroup	Neutral

Summary

PageGroup beats Hays on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.