RFX vs. FIH, JAR, MSI, MANO, GMAA, WATR, ALU, DWHT, FLO, and SFT
Should you be buying Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramsdens include FIH group (FIH), Jardine Matheson (JAR), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Manolete Partners (MANO), Gama Aviation (GMAA), Water Intelligence (WATR), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), and Software Circle (SFT). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Ramsdens has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Ramsdens' net margin of 3.55%. FIH group's return on equity of 17.23% beat Ramsdens' return on equity.
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 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.
13.4% of FIH group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of FIH group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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 had 2 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FIH group and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. FIH group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ramsdens' score of -0.01 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FIH group has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ramsdens beats FIH group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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