MSI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MCP, BERI, AMAT, STM, and INSG
Should you be buying MS INTERNATIONAL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MS INTERNATIONAL include Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), STM Group (STM), and Insig AI (INSG). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
MS INTERNATIONAL vs. Its Competitors
MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and Empiric Student Property (LON:ESP) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empiric Student Property pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
0.0% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 1 more articles in the media than Empiric Student Property. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Empiric Student Property. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Empiric Student Property's score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Empiric Student Property has a net margin of 65.69% compared to MS INTERNATIONAL's net margin of 10.49%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 24.42% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.
Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MS INTERNATIONAL. MS INTERNATIONAL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empiric Student Property, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empiric Student Property has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL beats Empiric Student Property 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:MSI) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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