FIH vs. RFX, THRU, GELN, GATC, VNET, DWHA, BMTO, KINO, CTG, and EAAS
Should you be buying FIH group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FIH group include Ramsdens (RFX), Thruvision Group (THRU), Gelion (GELN), Gattaca (GATC), Vianet Group (VNET), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Braime Group (BMTO), Kinovo (KINO), Christie Group (CTG), and eEnergy Group (EAAS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
FIH group (LON:FIH) and Ramsdens (LON:RFX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
17.4% of FIH group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of FIH group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FIH group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ramsdens has higher revenue and earnings than FIH group. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FIH group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FIH group received 8 more outperform votes than Ramsdens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.12% of users gave Ramsdens an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave FIH group an outperform vote.
Ramsdens has a net margin of 9.26% compared to FIH group's net margin of 3.55%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 17.23% beat FIH group's return on equity.
FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. FIH group pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens pays out 4,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, FIH group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ramsdens'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Ramsdens beats FIH group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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