FNTL vs. RCDO, ELIX, SAG, GTLY, AFM, PPHC, CHRT, ITM, SHI, and PRV
Should you be buying Fintel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fintel include Ricardo (RCDO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Public Policy (PPHC), Cohort (CHRT), ITM Power (ITM), SIG (SHI), and Porvair (PRV). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ricardo (LON:RCDO) and Fintel (LON:FNTL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Fintel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ricardo. Ricardo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Fintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ricardo pays out -120,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fintel pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ricardo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Fintel has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Fintel's net margin of -0.13%. Ricardo's return on equity of 7.37% beat Fintel's return on equity.
79.9% of Ricardo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Fintel shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Ricardo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Fintel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ricardo has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fintel has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ricardo had 3 more articles in the media than Fintel. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ricardo and 0 mentions for Fintel. Ricardo's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Fintel's score of 0.76 indicating that Fintel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ricardo received 258 more outperform votes than Fintel when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Fintel beats Ricardo on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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