Science Group (SAG) Competitors

Science Group (LON:SAG) and Total Produce (LON:TOT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SAG or TOT?

Science Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, 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
Science Group	£110.93M	1.90	£6.04M	£0.13	3,592.31
Total Produce	£3.82B	0.17	N/A	£8.80	18.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAG or TOT?

Science Group received 65 more outperform votes than Total Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave Total Produce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Science Group	Outperform Votes 136 68.00%	Underperform Votes 64 32.00%
Total Produce	Outperform Votes 71 58.68%	Underperform Votes 50 41.32%

Does the media favor SAG or TOT?

In the previous week, Total Produce had 5 more articles in the media than Science Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Total Produce and 0 mentions for Science Group. Total Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Science Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Total Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Science Group	Neutral
Total Produce	Neutral

Is SAG or TOT a better dividend stock?

Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Science Group pays out 6,153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SAG or TOT more profitable?

Science Group has a net margin of 5.44% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. Science Group's return on equity of 7.29% beat Total Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Science Group	5.44%	7.29%	4.28%
Total Produce	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SAG or TOT?

63.6% of Science Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Science Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Science Group beats Total Produce on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.