FIH group (FIH) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RFX or FIH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ramsdens	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
FIH group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is RFX or FIH a better dividend stock?

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ramsdens pays out 4,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FIH group pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RFX or FIH?

Ramsdens has higher revenue and earnings than FIH group. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FIH group, 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
Ramsdens	£83.81M	0.72	£7.76M	£0.24	791.67
FIH group	£56.51M	0.51	£2M	£0.16	1,437.50

Which has more risk & volatility, RFX or FIH?

Ramsdens has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FIH group has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RFX or FIH more profitable?

Ramsdens has a net margin of 9.26% compared to Ramsdens' net margin of 3.55%. FIH group's return on equity of 17.23% beat Ramsdens' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ramsdens	9.26%	17.23%	9.85%
FIH group	3.55%	4.57%	3.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RFX or FIH?

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

Does the media favor RFX or FIH?

In the previous week, Ramsdens and Ramsdens both had 1 articles in the media. FIH group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.06 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RFX or FIH?

48.0% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of FIH group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Ramsdens shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of FIH group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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