Head-To-Head Review: PAGEGROUP (OTCMKTS:MPGPF) versus Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC)

PAGEGROUP (OTCMKTS:MPGPF) and Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk & Volatility

PAGEGROUP has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for PAGEGROUP and Franklin Covey, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PAGEGROUP	0	3	0	0	2.00
Franklin Covey	1	0	2	0	2.33

Franklin Covey has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.80%. Given Franklin Covey’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than PAGEGROUP.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PAGEGROUP and Franklin Covey”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PAGEGROUP	$2.22 billion	0.52	$36.35 million	N/A	N/A
Franklin Covey	$287.23 million	0.75	$23.40 million	$0.79	21.66

PAGEGROUP has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Covey.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Franklin Covey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares PAGEGROUP and Franklin Covey’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PAGEGROUP	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Covey	3.81%	19.08%	6.12%

Summary

Franklin Covey beats PAGEGROUP on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PAGEGROUP

PageGroup plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides recruitment consultancy and other ancillary services in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the Americas. It offers executive search services, such as search, selection, and talent management solutions for organizations on a permanent and interim basis under the Page Executive brand; and recruitment services for qualified professional and management level on permanent, temporary, and contract or interim basis under the Michael Page brand. The company also provides recruitment services to organizations requiring permanent employees, temporary, or contract staff at technical and administrative support, professional clerical, and junior management levels under the Page Personnel brand; and flexible recruitment outsourcing services under the Page Outsourcing brand. In addition, it is involved in the provision of IT consultancy services. The company was formerly known as Michael Page International plc and changed its name to PageGroup plc in June 2016. PageGroup plc was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.

About Franklin Covey

Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.