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Ricardo (RCDO) Competitors

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GBX 274 -3.00 (-1.08%)
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RCDO vs. AFM, ELIX, YOU, FNTL, SAG, PPHC, GTLY, MANO, MJH, and SECN

Should you be buying Ricardo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ricardo include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Elixirr International (ELIX), YouGov (YOU), Fintel (FNTL), Science Group (SAG), Public Policy (PPHC), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), and SEC Newgate (SECN). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

Ricardo vs.

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, Ricardo had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ricardo and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Ricardo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alpha Financial Markets Consulting'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ricardo Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Neutral

Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Ricardo pays out 1,144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 10,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ricardo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Ricardo's net margin of 0.15%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Ricardo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ricardo0.15% 0.42% 4.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting 6.78%10.64%7.51%

Ricardo received 189 more outperform votes than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote while only 68.78% of users gave Ricardo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RicardoOutperform Votes
260
68.78%
Underperform Votes
118
31.22%
Alpha Financial Markets ConsultingOutperform Votes
71
75.53%
Underperform Votes
23
24.47%

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ricardo. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ricardo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ricardo£469.99M0.36£693.06K£1.14241.29
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting£233.62M0.00£15.85M£0.13N/A

82.3% of Ricardo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Ricardo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ricardo presently has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 166.42%. Given Ricardo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ricardo is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ricardo
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Ricardo and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RCDO vs. The Competition

MetricRicardoConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£168.79M£4.71B£7.63B£2.63B
Dividend Yield5.93%3.15%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio241.2995.0323.15131.76
Price / Sales0.36259.2290.00224,661.12
Price / Cash5.9231.8326.9428.03
Price / Book1.032.763.973.79
Net Income£693,058.59£155.55M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.24%2.10%0.10%0.38%
1 Month Performance19.13%11.43%10.55%21.42%
1 Year Performance-43.74%-5.77%26.18%129.81%

Ricardo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCDO
Ricardo
1.3263 of 5 stars
GBX 274
-1.1%
GBX 730
+166.4%
-43.5%£168.79M£469.99M241.292,978News Coverage
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AN/AN/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 820
-3.5%
N/A+32.8%£396.08M£91.37M23.26484Positive News
Dividend Cut
YOU
YouGov
2.8105 of 5 stars
GBX 302
-1.0%
GBX 880
+191.4%
-63.8%£353.38M£335.28M-153.911,820
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 262.60
+4.0%
N/A-10.1%£275.69M£68.89M47.09501Gap Up
SAG
Science Group
2.8174 of 5 stars
GBX 458
+1.8%
GBX 758
+65.5%
+2.0%£204.73M£108.81M34.58443News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PPHC
Public Policy
2.7039 of 5 stars
GBX 135
+0.7%
GBX 260
+92.6%
+9.0%£202.88M£190.53M-8.98367Positive News
High Trading Volume
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 132
+0.8%
N/A+7.1%£176.25M£176.99M17.051,068
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 90
+2.3%
N/A-36.8%£36.68M£22.40M0.8529
MJH
MJ Hudson Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.69M£47.45M-437.50232
SECN
SEC Newgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£25.24M£70.13M33.64580High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:RCDO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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