MACF vs. RM2, RBN, SYM, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, MCS, PDG, and APGN
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), Pendragon (PDG), and Applegreen (APGN).
Macfarlane Group vs.
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (LON:RM2) and Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
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.
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.
66.4% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Macfarlane Group has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 40.19%. Given Macfarlane Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Macfarlane Group is more favorable than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L).
In the previous week, Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 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.
Summary
Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 3/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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