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Ricardo (RCDO) Competitors

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GBX 268 +21.00 (+8.50%)
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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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

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.

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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 172.39%. Given Ricardo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

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£469.99M0.35£693.06K£1.14236.00
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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.

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%

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Ricardo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RCDO vs. The Competition

MetricRicardoConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£165.09M£4.76B£7.28B£2.59B
Dividend Yield5.93%3.15%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio236.0084.3221.19133.69
Price / Sales0.35251.7484.41239,757.82
Price / Cash5.9231.8326.9028.12
Price / Book1.012.693.784.55
Net Income£693,058.59£155.55M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance14.04%6.10%4.49%3.43%
1 Month Performance3.88%3.65%2.87%10.59%
1 Year Performance-41.10%-7.08%15.53%117.06%

Ricardo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCDO
Ricardo
N/AGBX 268
+8.5%
GBX 730
+172.4%
-45.7%£165.09M£469.99M236.002,978
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AGBX 465
+∞
N/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 725
+2.1%
N/A+30.1%£350.19M£91.37M20.57484Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
YOU
YouGov
2.6932 of 5 stars
GBX 282.50
+0.5%
GBX 880
+211.5%
-66.2%£330.57M£335.28M-143.971,820
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 240
+0.2%
N/A-17.2%£251.96M£68.89M43.04501
SAG
Science Group
2.7693 of 5 stars
GBX 438.50
-0.3%
GBX 758
+72.9%
+3.0%£196.01M£108.81M33.11443
PPHC
Public Policy
2.991 of 5 stars
GBX 129.50
-1.1%
GBX 260
+100.8%
+2.8%£194.62M£190.53M-8.62367Positive News
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 132
+1.5%
N/A+9.2%£176.25M£176.99M17.051,068High Trading Volume
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 93
+14.8%
N/A-25.6%£37.91M£22.40M0.8729High Trading Volume
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 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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