MACF vs. RM2, RBN, CRU, SYM, SKG, SMDS, RPC, NFC, DAL, and TIFS
Should you be buying Macfarlane Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macfarlane Group include RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (RM2), Robinson (RBN), Coral Products (CRU), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), RPC Group (RPC), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), and TI Fluid Systems (TIFS).
Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) and RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (LON:RM2) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Macfarlane Group has higher revenue and earnings than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macfarlane Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Macfarlane Group has a net margin of 5.33% compared to RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Macfarlane Group's return on equity of 13.58% beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s return on equity.
60.2% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Macfarlane Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 145, indicating a potential upside of 20.33%. Given Macfarlane Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macfarlane Group is more favorable than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L).
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) received 1 more outperform votes than Macfarlane Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.93% of users gave RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Macfarlane Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 7 more articles in the media than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 0 mentions for RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Macfarlane Group's score of -0.04 indicating that RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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