SNX vs. SAG, GMS, JPEI, NAH, ASH, COR, RUS, FERG, PLUS, and MRC
Should you be buying Synectics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synectics include Science Group (SAG), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), NAHL Group (NAH), Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH), 70688 (COR.L) (COR), Raven Russia (RUS), Ferguson (FERG), Plus500 (PLUS), and The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Synectics vs.
Synectics (LON:SNX) and Science Group (LON:SAG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Synectics has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Science Group had 1 more articles in the media than Synectics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Science Group and 0 mentions for Synectics. Science Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Synectics' score of 0.77 indicating that Science Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Synectics has a net margin of 5.63% compared to Science Group's net margin of 5.44%. Synectics' return on equity of 7.83% beat Science Group's return on equity.
Science Group received 11 more outperform votes than Synectics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Science Group an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Synectics an outperform vote.
Synectics pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Science Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Synectics pays out 2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
22.8% of Synectics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Science Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.2% of Synectics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Science Group has higher revenue and earnings than Synectics. Synectics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Science Group beats Synectics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SNX) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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