RAT vs. QLT, JTC, PIN, MYI, WTAN, BNKR, BHMG, FEV, AJB, and ASHM
Should you be buying Rathbones Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rathbones Group include Quilter (QLT), JTC (JTC), Pantheon International (PIN), Murray International (MYI), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Bankers (BNKR), BH Macro (BHMG), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), AJ Bell (AJB), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Rathbones Group received 285 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote while only 61.21% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.
Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Rathbones Group. Rathbones Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rathbones Group and 4 mentions for Quilter. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Quilter's score of 0.15 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rathbones Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 6.29%. Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 93.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.74%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Quilter.
53.0% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.6% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Rathbones Group pays out 17,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quilter pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rathbones Group has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.91%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 3.78% beat Quilter's return on equity.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Quilter on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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