MSI vs. JAR, RFX, CGEO, BEG, SRAD, GPH, CGS, SUP, AFC, and FSJ
Should you be buying MS INTERNATIONAL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MS INTERNATIONAL include Jardine Matheson (JAR), Ramsdens (RFX), Georgia Capital (CGEO), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Global Ports (GPH), Castings (CGS), Supreme (SUP), AFC Energy (AFC), and James Fisher and Sons (FSJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 360.0%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 3,809.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jardine Matheson pays out 9,493.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 2 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 1 mentions for Jardine Matheson. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Jardine Matheson's score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than MS INTERNATIONAL. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jardine Matheson received 14 more outperform votes than MS INTERNATIONAL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave MS INTERNATIONAL an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote.
10.1% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Jardine Matheson shares are held 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.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 7.22% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 1.90%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 17.09% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL beats Jardine Matheson on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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