Ramsdens (RFX) Competitors

MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) and Ramsdens (LON:RFX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MSI or RFX?

10.2% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.8% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MSI or RFX?

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 3 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MS INTERNATIONAL	Neutral
Ramsdens	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSI or RFX?

Ramsdens received 43 more outperform votes than MS INTERNATIONAL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Ramsdens an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave MS INTERNATIONAL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MS INTERNATIONAL	Outperform Votes 76 65.52%	Underperform Votes 40 34.48%
Ramsdens	Outperform Votes 119 72.12%	Underperform Votes 46 27.88%

Is MSI or RFX more profitable?

MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Ramsdens' net margin of 8.78%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 24.42% beat Ramsdens' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MS INTERNATIONAL	10.49%	24.42%	8.03%
Ramsdens	8.78%	15.34%	10.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, MSI or RFX?

MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MSI or RFX?

MS INTERNATIONAL has higher revenue and earnings than Ramsdens. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MS INTERNATIONAL	£107.14M	1.74	£11.24M	£71.74	16.38
Ramsdens	£89.46M	1.22	£7.85M	£24.52	13.92

Is MSI or RFX a better dividend stock?

MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramsdens pays out 44.9% 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.

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.