MSI vs. JAR, RFX, GPH, FSJ, AVG, PPHC, AFC, SUP, ECEL, and EPWN
Should you be buying MS INTERNATIONAL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MS INTERNATIONAL include Jardine Matheson (JAR), Ramsdens (RFX), Global Ports (GPH), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Avingtrans (AVG), Public Policy (PPHC), AFC Energy (AFC), Supreme (SUP), Eurocell (ECEL), and Epwin Group (EPWN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL and MS INTERNATIONAL both had 1 articles in the media. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat MS INTERNATIONAL's score of 0.34 indicating that Jardine Matheson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jardine Matheson received 14 more outperform votes than MS INTERNATIONAL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave MS INTERNATIONAL an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote.
Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than MS INTERNATIONAL. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 7.22% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 1.90%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 17.09% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 226 per share and has a dividend yield of 361.6%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 3,809.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jardine Matheson pays out 13,294.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
11.1% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.5% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.9% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL and Jardine Matheson tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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