RAT vs. MYI, QLT, PIN, JTC, WTAN, FEV, AJB, BNKR, BHMG, and PNL
Should you be buying Rathbones Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rathbones Group include Murray International (MYI), Quilter (QLT), Pantheon International (PIN), JTC (JTC), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), AJ Bell (AJB), Bankers (BNKR), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), and Personal Assets Trust (PNL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Murray International (LON:MYI) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Murray International has a net margin of 86.85% compared to Murray International's net margin of 5.55%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 8.03% beat Murray International's return on equity.
46.1% of Murray International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Murray International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rathbones Group received 228 more outperform votes than Murray International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.98% of users gave Murray International an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote.
Murray International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rathbones Group. Murray International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 4 more articles in the media than Murray International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rathbones Group and 2 mentions for Murray International. Murray International's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Rathbones Group's score of -0.49 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 15.18%. Given Murray International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Murray International.
Murray International pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Murray International pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rathbones Group pays out 17,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Murray International has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Murray International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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