Kingswood (KWG) Competitors

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (LON:RMMC) and Kingswood (LON:KWG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Is RMMC or KWG more profitable?

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kingswood's net margin of -22.71%. River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap's return on equity of 13.84% beat Kingswood's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap	N/A	13.84%	N/A
Kingswood	-22.71%	-27.04%	3.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RMMC or KWG?

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap received 74 more outperform votes than Kingswood when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Kingswood an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap	Outperform Votes 91 64.08%	Underperform Votes 51 35.92%
Kingswood	Outperform Votes 17 53.13%	Underperform Votes 15 46.88%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RMMC or KWG?

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingswood. River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kingswood, 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
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.73	-227.40
Kingswood	£202.63M	0.06	-£46.02M	-£6.71	-0.27

Does the media refer more to RMMC or KWG?

In the previous week, River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap had 1 more articles in the media than Kingswood. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap and 0 mentions for Kingswood. River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Kingswood's score of 0.00 indicating that River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap	Positive
Kingswood	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RMMC or KWG?

52.0% of River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kingswood shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Kingswood shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap beats Kingswood on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.