BPM vs. RICA, CGT, TMPL, JEO, SAIN, APEO, SLPE, OCI, MUT, and IEM
Should you be buying B.P. Marsh & Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B.P. Marsh & Partners include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Capital Gearing (CGT), Temple Bar (TMPL), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Murray Income Trust (MUT), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
B.P. Marsh & Partners vs. Its Competitors
Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) 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 valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ruffer Investment. B.P. Marsh & Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, B.P. Marsh & Partners had 15 more articles in the media than Ruffer Investment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for B.P. Marsh & Partners and 1 mentions for Ruffer Investment. B.P. Marsh & Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Ruffer Investment's score of 0.67 indicating that B.P. Marsh & Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a net margin of 577.55% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 22.24% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.
B.P. Marsh & Partners received 81 more outperform votes than Ruffer Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave B.P. Marsh & Partners an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.
Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B.P. Marsh & Partners has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B.P. Marsh & Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
B.P. Marsh & Partners has a consensus target price of GBX 625, indicating a potential downside of 8.36%. Given B.P. Marsh & Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B.P. Marsh & Partners is more favorable than Ruffer Investment.
43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.3% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are held 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.
Summary
B.P. Marsh & Partners beats Ruffer Investment on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:BPM) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
