MACF vs. RM2, RBN, SYM, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, MCS, PPH, and PDG
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), Robinson (RBN), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Coral Products (CRU), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), RPC Group (RPC), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), and Pendragon (PDG).
Macfarlane Group vs. Its Competitors
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (LON:RM2) and Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Macfarlane Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Macfarlane Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Macfarlane Group is more favorable than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L).
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.
66.4% of Macfarlane Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Macfarlane Group 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.
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.
In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 4 more articles in the media than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 0 mentions for RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Macfarlane Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) and Macfarlane Group both received 73 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 62.93% of users gave RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) an outperform vote while only 50.34% of users gave Macfarlane Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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