MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI) Competitors

MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and The Restaurant Group (LON:RTN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MSI or RTN?

The Restaurant Group received 525 more outperform votes than MS INTERNATIONAL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.68% of users gave The Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave MS INTERNATIONAL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MS INTERNATIONAL	Outperform Votes 76 65.52%	Underperform Votes 40 34.48%
The Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 601 65.68%	Underperform Votes 314 34.32%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MSI or RTN?

10.2% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of The Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.8% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Restaurant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor MSI or RTN?

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 1 more articles in the media than The Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for The Restaurant Group. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat The Restaurant Group's score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MS INTERNATIONAL	Positive
The Restaurant Group	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MSI or RTN?

MS INTERNATIONAL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Restaurant Group. The Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MS INTERNATIONAL	£107.14M	1.45	£11.24M	£71.74	13.66
The Restaurant Group	£927M	0.00	-£43.90M	-£0.06	N/A

Is MSI or RTN a better dividend stock?

MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. The Restaurant Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Restaurant Group pays out -6,666.7% 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.

Is MSI or RTN more profitable?

MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 10.49% compared to The Restaurant Group's net margin of -4.74%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 24.42% beat The Restaurant Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MS INTERNATIONAL	10.49%	24.42%	8.03%
The Restaurant Group	-4.74%	-10.96%	3.93%

Which has more volatility & risk, MSI or RTN?

MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats The Restaurant Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.