JAR vs. MSI, JARB, RFX, FIH, STRL, VCBC, BASK, RGP, PHSC, and AUCT
Should you be buying Jardine Matheson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jardine Matheson include MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), Ross Group (RGP), PHSC (PHSC), and Auctus Growth PLC (AUCT.L) (AUCT). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Jardine Matheson vs. Its Competitors
MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 642.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 24.42% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 3 more articles in the media than MS INTERNATIONAL. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 0 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat MS INTERNATIONAL's score of 0.00 indicating that Jardine Matheson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.0% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than MS INTERNATIONAL. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Jardine Matheson beats MS INTERNATIONAL on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:JAR) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
