RCDO vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, FNTL, PPHC, SAG, 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), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Fintel (FNTL), Public Policy (PPHC), Science Group (SAG), 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. Its Competitors
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and Ricardo (LON:RCDO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less 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.
Ricardo has a consensus target price of GBX 730, suggesting a potential upside of 71.36%. Given Ricardo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ricardo is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of Ricardo shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Ricardo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ricardo'saverage media sentiment score.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 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. Ricardo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Ricardo on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RCDO) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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