MSI vs. ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MCP, BERI, AMAT, STM, and INDI
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 Indus Gas (INDI). 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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Empiric Student Property pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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.
In the previous week, Empiric Student Property's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat MS INTERNATIONAL's score of 0.40 indicating that Empiric Student Property is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Empiric Student Property has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MS INTERNATIONAL. Empiric Student Property is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.2% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL and Empiric Student Property tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MSI) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
