RFX vs. FIH, MSI, JAR, MANO, ALU, DIA, FLO, GMAA, BILN, and WATR
Should you be buying Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramsdens include FIH group (FIH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Manolete Partners (MANO), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Dialight (DIA), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Gama Aviation (GMAA), Billington (BILN), and Water Intelligence (WATR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ramsdens (LON:RFX) and FIH group (LON:FIH) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Ramsdens has a net margin of 9.26% compared to FIH group's net margin of 3.55%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 17.23% beat FIH group's return on equity.
FIH group received 8 more outperform votes than Ramsdens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.12% of users gave Ramsdens an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave FIH group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ramsdens and Ramsdens both had 1 articles in the media. Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat FIH group's score of 0.22 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ramsdens has higher revenue and earnings than FIH group. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FIH group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ramsdens has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FIH group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
48.0% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of FIH group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of FIH group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ramsdens pays out 4,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FIH group pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ramsdens beats FIH group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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