RFX vs. MSI, JARB, FIH, STRL, VCBC, PHSC, BASK, RGP, AUCT, and FHP
Should you be buying Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramsdens include MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), PHSC (PHSC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), Ross Group (RGP), Auctus Growth PLC (AUCT.L) (AUCT), and Fandango (FHP). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Ramsdens vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:RFX) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff