FNTL vs. RCDO, ELIX, AFM, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, CHRT, PRV, RST, and RWA
Should you be buying Fintel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fintel include Ricardo (RCDO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), Cohort (CHRT), Porvair (PRV), Restore (RST), and Robert Walters (RWA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Fintel (LON:FNTL) and Ricardo (LON:RCDO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Fintel had 1 more articles in the media than Ricardo. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fintel and 0 mentions for Ricardo. Fintel's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Ricardo's score of 0.00 indicating that Fintel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fintel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ricardo. Ricardo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fintel has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Ricardo's net margin of -0.13%. Fintel's return on equity of 7.37% beat Ricardo's return on equity.
Fintel has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.4% of Fintel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Ricardo shares are held by institutional investors. 46.6% of Fintel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ricardo shares are held 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.
Fintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Fintel pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ricardo pays out -120,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ricardo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ricardo received 258 more outperform votes than Fintel when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Fintel beats Ricardo on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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