Ramsdens (RFX) Competitors

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

Is RFX or MSI a better dividend stock?

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ramsdens pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 27.9% 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.

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RFX or MSI?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, RFX or MSI?

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
Ramsdens	£89.46M	1.00	£7.85M	£24.52	11.42
MS INTERNATIONAL	£107.14M	1.67	£11.24M	£71.74	15.73

Does the media refer more to RFX or MSI?

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 2 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MS INTERNATIONAL'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens	Neutral
MS INTERNATIONAL	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, RFX or MSI?

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

Is RFX or MSI 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
Ramsdens	8.78%	15.34%	10.23%
MS INTERNATIONAL	10.49%	24.42%	8.03%

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.