PageGroup (PAGE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HAS or PAGE a better dividend stock?

Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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.

Does the media favor HAS or PAGE?

In the previous week, Hays had 1 more articles in the media than PageGroup. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hays and 1 mentions for PageGroup. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat PageGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hays	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PageGroup	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and 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	0.19	-£4.87M	-£0.31	-267.38
PageGroup	£1.87B	0.54	£50.57M	£16.16	20.09

Do analysts rate HAS or PAGE?

Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 43.97%. PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 495, suggesting a potential upside of 52.50%. Given PageGroup's higher possible 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

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, HAS or PAGE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Summary

Hays and PageGroup tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.