Ramsdens (RFX) Competitors

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

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%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	£103.44M	1.16	£7.85M	£0.31	1,218.85
MS INTERNATIONAL	£117.50M	2.04	£11.24M	£0.87	1,678.16

Which has more volatility & risk, RFX or MSI?

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

Is RFX or MSI a better dividend stock?

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ramsdens pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 24.7% 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 have more ownership in RFX or MSI?

13.9% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer RFX or MSI?

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 2 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 1 mentions for Ramsdens. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MS INTERNATIONAL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.