PFC vs. RM, SBSI, IES, CFX, OFG, FCAP, OBT, TRIN, SOS, and HARL
Should you be buying Petrofac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrofac include RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Sosandar (SOS), and Harland & Wolff Group (HARL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Petrofac vs.
Petrofac (LON:PFC) and RM (LON:RM) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RM has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petrofac has a net margin of -21.67% compared to RM's net margin of -24.97%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat RM's return on equity.
In the previous week, RM had 9 more articles in the media than Petrofac. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for RM and 2 mentions for Petrofac. RM's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Petrofac's score of 0.00 indicating that RM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petrofac. RM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrofac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.4% of Petrofac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of RM shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of RM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Petrofac received 511 more outperform votes than RM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.67% of users gave RM an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote.
Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 753.8%. RM pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RM pays out -14.5% 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. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
RM beats Petrofac on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PFC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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