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Macfarlane Group (MACF) Competitors

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As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

MACF vs. RM2, SYM, RBN, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, PDG, APGN, and AO

Should you be buying Macfarlane Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macfarlane Group include RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (RM2), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Robinson (RBN), Coral Products (CRU), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), RPC Group (RPC), Pendragon (PDG), Applegreen (APGN), and AO World (AO).

Macfarlane Group vs. Its Competitors

Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) and RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (LON:RM2) are both small-cap packaging & containers industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Macfarlane Group has a net margin of 5.47% compared to RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Macfarlane Group's return on equity of 12.67% beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Macfarlane Group5.47% 12.67% 6.12%
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) N/A N/A N/A

Macfarlane Group has higher revenue and earnings than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macfarlane Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Macfarlane Group£267.03M0.60£14.61M£9.3310.83
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)£5.49M0.00N/A-£692.00N/A

In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 1 more articles in the media than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 0 mentions for RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Macfarlane Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Macfarlane Group Positive
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) Neutral

66.4% of Macfarlane Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Macfarlane Group shares are held by company 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

Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MACF vs. The Competition

MetricMacfarlane GroupPackaging & Containers IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£159.69M£1.25B£3.54B£3.02B
Dividend Yield3.41%3.22%3.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio10.8310.1270.70160.65
Price / Sales0.6049.1470.79278,114.26
Price / Cash24.8429.4531.1627.97
Price / Book1.375.273.714.70
Net Income£14.61M£100.31M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.23%-0.87%0.85%0.40%
1 Month Performance-14.04%-0.67%2.81%7.09%
1 Year Performance-19.52%7.90%17.85%73.21%

Macfarlane Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MACF
Macfarlane Group
N/AGBX 101
flat
N/A-19.8%£159.69M£267.03M10.831,000Positive News
RM2
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£28.89M£5.49M-0.0193Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 11.30
-5.8%
N/A+390.2%£25.44M£6.87M-11.761,120Gap Down
RBN
Robinson
N/AGBX 128.20
-1.4%
N/A+8.7%£21.48M£52.46M39.70346Trending News
CRU
Coral Products
N/AGBX 10.09
+0.9%
N/A-23.2%£8.98M£30.81M-9.88186Gap Up
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£9.55B£11.27B1,474.1947,000High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
2.952 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 515
+∞
N/A£8.06B£6.83B20.9029,519High Trading Volume
RPC
RPC Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£3.87B14.76N/A
PDG
Pendragon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£618.57M£3.86B1,185.005,334
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145News Coverage
AO
AO World
N/AGBX 96.20
-0.3%
N/A-17.0%£559.44M£1.03B21.942,921High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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