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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

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 16.69% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hays	-0.07%	-0.80%	2.27%
PageGroup	2.71%	16.69%	7.59%

Do analysts rate HAS or PAGE?

Hays currently has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 53.46%. PageGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 495, suggesting a potential upside of 48.56%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than PageGroup.

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of PageGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HAS or PAGE?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HAS or PAGE?

PageGroup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hays	£6.95B	0.18	-£4.90M	N/A	N/A
PageGroup	£1.87B	0.59	£50.71M	£0.16	2,082.50

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%

Does the media prefer HAS or PAGE?

In the previous week, PageGroup had 1 more articles in the media than Hays. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PageGroup and 0 mentions for Hays. Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PageGroup's score of -1.05 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hays	Neutral
PageGroup	Negative

Is HAS or PAGE a better dividend stock?

Hays pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. PageGroup pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. PageGroup pays out 10,625.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Hays beats PageGroup on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.