SAG vs. TOT, ARW, GMS, JPEI, SNX, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG
Should you be buying Science Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Science Group include Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), and Ferguson (FERG). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Science Group vs.
Total Produce (LON:TOT) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
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.
63.6% of Science Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Science Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Science Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Science Group had 1 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Science Group and 0 mentions for Total Produce. Science Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Total Produce's score of 0.00 indicating that Science Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Total Produce pays out 0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
Science Group beats Total Produce on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAG) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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