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RFX vs. MSI, JAR, JARB, FIH, and STRL

Should you buy Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? Ramsdens's main competitors and comparable companies include MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Jardine Matheson (JARB), FIH group (FIH), and Stirling Industries (STRL). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "industrial conglomerates" industry.

How does Ramsdens compare to MS INTERNATIONAL?

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

In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 1 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. MS INTERNATIONAL's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.00 indicating that MS INTERNATIONAL is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MS INTERNATIONAL Positive
Ramsdens Neutral

MS INTERNATIONAL has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MS INTERNATIONAL£115.01M2.22£11.24M£65.7023.59
Ramsdens£148.94M1.42£7.85M£59.1010.95

MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 0.612, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the broader market.

MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 13.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramsdens pays out 22.8% 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. Ramsdens is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

4.5% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. 38.7% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are held by 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.

Ramsdens has a net margin of 13.25% compared to MS INTERNATIONAL's net margin of 9.58%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 29.66% beat MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MS INTERNATIONAL9.58% 16.56% 8.03%
Ramsdens 13.25%29.66%10.23%

Summary

Ramsdens beats MS INTERNATIONAL on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ramsdens compare to Jardine Matheson?

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

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.612, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.444, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the broader market.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramsdens£148.94M1.42£7.85M£59.1010.95
Jardine Matheson£33.06B0.01£5.21B£379.000.15

Ramsdens has a net margin of 13.25% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 3.40%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 29.66% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens13.25% 29.66% 10.23%
Jardine Matheson 3.40%3.90%2.53%

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 13.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 230.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 401.8%. Ramsdens pays out 22.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 60.9% 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.

In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 3 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.00 indicating that Jardine Matheson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens Neutral
Jardine Matheson Neutral

4.6% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of Jardine Matheson shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are held 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.

Summary

Jardine Matheson beats Ramsdens on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ramsdens compare to Jardine Matheson?

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

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Jardine Matheson Neutral
Ramsdens Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jardine Matheson£35.12B0.00£80M£6.01N/A
Ramsdens£148.94M1.42£7.85M£59.1010.95

Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 0.612, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the broader market.

18.9% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ramsdens has a net margin of 13.25% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 29.66% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jardine Matheson0.23% 2.40% 2.53%
Ramsdens 13.25%29.66%10.23%

Summary

Ramsdens beats Jardine Matheson on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ramsdens compare to FIH group?

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 earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FIH group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens Neutral
FIH group Neutral

Ramsdens has a net margin of 13.25% compared to FIH group's net margin of -4.96%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 29.66% beat FIH group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens13.25% 29.66% 10.23%
FIH group -4.96%-5.29%2.86%

4.6% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of FIH group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.0% of FIH group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramsdens£148.94M1.42£7.85M£59.1010.95
FIH group£37.41M0.51£1.98M£45.403.35

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.612, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, FIH group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market.

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 13.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Ramsdens pays out 22.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FIH group pays out 14.9% 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. FIH group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ramsdens beats FIH group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Ramsdens compare to Stirling Industries?

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

4.6% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Stirling Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens Neutral
Stirling Industries Neutral

Ramsdens has a net margin of 13.25% compared to Stirling Industries' net margin of 0.00%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 29.66% beat Stirling Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens13.25% 29.66% 10.23%
Stirling Industries N/A N/A N/A

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramsdens£148.94M1.42£7.85M£59.1010.95
Stirling IndustriesN/AN/AN/A-£41.60N/A

Summary

Ramsdens beats Stirling Industries on 8 of the 8 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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RFX vs. The Competition

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MetricRamsdensIndustrial Conglomerates IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£211.34M£26.87B£10.24B£2.90B
Dividend Yield2.32%3.66%97.16%6.26%
P/E Ratio10.955.2225.52366.76
Price / Sales1.4230.62279.1390,229.50
Price / Cash5.7513.9323.6727.89
Price / Book3.832.964.816.38
Net Income£7.85M£1.57B£613.19M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.46%-1.07%1.24%0.38%
1 Month Performance-2.85%-3.12%-4.41%0.00%
1 Year Performance82.20%7.28%5.02%20.10%

Ramsdens Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RFX
Ramsdens
N/AGBX 647
+0.2%		N/A+80.7%£211.34M£148.94M10.95784
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,580
-0.6%		N/A+11.0%£259.78M£115.01M24.05455
JAR
Jardine Matheson
N/AGBX 62.50
flat		N/AN/A£183.72M£33.06B0.16425,000
JARB
Jardine Matheson
N/AN/AN/AN/A£151.19M£35.12B6.71443,000
FIH
FIH group
N/AGBX 158.88
-2.2%		N/A-45.9%£19.72M£37.41M3.50380

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This page (LON:RFX) was last updated on 9/17/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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