FIH group (FIH) Competitors

FIH group (LON:FIH) and Ramsdens (LON:RFX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Is FIH or RFX more profitable?

Ramsdens has a net margin of 8.78% compared to FIH group's net margin of 3.75%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 15.34% beat FIH group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FIH group	3.75%	4.38%	2.86%
Ramsdens	8.78%	15.34%	10.23%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FIH or RFX?

Ramsdens has higher revenue and earnings than FIH group. FIH group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ramsdens, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FIH group	£52.79M	0.38	£1.98M	£15.60	10.32
Ramsdens	£89.46M	0.95	£7.85M	£24.52	10.81

Which has more volatility & risk, FIH or RFX?

FIH group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIH or RFX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FIH group	Outperform Votes 127 65.46%	Underperform Votes 67 34.54%
Ramsdens	Outperform Votes 119 72.12%	Underperform Votes 46 27.88%

Does the media favor FIH or RFX?

In the previous week, FIH group and FIH group both had 1 articles in the media. Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat FIH group's score of -0.32 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FIH group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ramsdens	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FIH or RFX a better dividend stock?

FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FIH group pays out 70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramsdens pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FIH or RFX?

16.7% of FIH group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.7% of FIH group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ramsdens beats FIH group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.