MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MSI or ESP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MS INTERNATIONAL	£98.95M	1.86	£7.15M	£0.42	2,690.48
Empiric Student Property	£80.50M	7.18	£53.40M	£0.09	1,064.44

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MSI or ESP?

10.1% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Empiric Student Property shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MSI or ESP a better dividend stock?

MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Empiric Student Property pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Empiric Student Property pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSI or ESP?

Empiric Student Property received 91 more outperform votes than MS INTERNATIONAL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.80% of users gave Empiric Student Property 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%
Empiric Student Property	Outperform Votes 167 66.80%	Underperform Votes 83 33.20%

Is MSI or ESP more profitable?

Empiric Student Property has a net margin of 66.33% compared to MS INTERNATIONAL's net margin of 7.22%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 17.09% beat Empiric Student Property's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MS INTERNATIONAL	7.22%	17.09%	5.78%
Empiric Student Property	66.33%	7.44%	2.25%

Do analysts recommend MSI or ESP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MS INTERNATIONAL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Empiric Student Property	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to MSI or ESP?

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 3 more articles in the media than Empiric Student Property. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Empiric Student Property. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Empiric Student Property's score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MS INTERNATIONAL	Neutral
Empiric Student Property	Neutral

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats Empiric Student Property on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.