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GBX 424.20 -0.80 (-0.19%)
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RFX vs. MSI, JAR, JARB, FIH, and STRL

Should you buy Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Ramsdens with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Ramsdens include MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Jardine Matheson (JARB), FIH group (FIH), and Stirling Industries (STRL). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.

How does Ramsdens compare to MS INTERNATIONAL?

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

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.581, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the broader market.

MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 12.10% compared to Ramsdens' net margin of 10.18%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 22.79% beat Ramsdens' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens10.18% 20.23% 10.23%
MS INTERNATIONAL 12.10%22.79%8.03%

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens Neutral
MS INTERNATIONAL Neutral

3.9% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are held 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ramsdens£116.80M1.18£7.85M£36.0011.78
MS INTERNATIONAL£118.60M2.34£11.24M£86.3019.60

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 12.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ramsdens pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 26.7% 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.

Summary

MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 10 of the 13 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.581, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the broader market.

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 12.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 219.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 303.4%. Ramsdens pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jardine Matheson pays out 58.2% 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 has a net margin of 10.18% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 3.24%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 20.23% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens10.18% 20.23% 10.23%
Jardine Matheson 3.24%3.86%2.53%

In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 4 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.05 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

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£116.80M1.18£7.85M£36.0011.78
Jardine Matheson£34.22B0.01£5.21B£377.000.19

3.9% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Jardine Matheson 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.

Summary

Jardine Matheson beats Ramsdens 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:JARB) are both small-cap conglomerates industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.581, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% 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£116.80M1.18£7.85M£36.0011.78
Jardine Matheson£35.12B0.00£80M£6.01N/A

In the previous week, Jardine Matheson had 1 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Jardine Matheson and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.95 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 Positive

Ramsdens has a net margin of 10.18% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 20.23% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens10.18% 20.23% 10.23%
Jardine Matheson 0.23%2.40%2.53%

3.9% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ramsdens and Jardine Matheson tied by winning 6 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

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£116.80M1.18£7.85M£36.0011.78
FIH group£41.65M0.75£1.98M-£21.30N/A

Ramsdens has a beta of 0.581, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, FIH group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market.

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

3.9% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of FIH group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.0% of FIH group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ramsdens has a net margin of 10.18% compared to FIH group's net margin of -6.40%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 20.23% beat FIH group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ramsdens10.18% 20.23% 10.23%
FIH group -6.40%-7.20%2.86%

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 12.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ramsdens pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FIH group pays out -31.7% 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.

Summary

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

How does Ramsdens compare to Stirling Industries?

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

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
Stirling IndustriesN/AN/AN/A-£41.60N/A
Ramsdens£116.80M1.18£7.85M£36.0011.78

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Stirling Industries Neutral
Ramsdens Neutral

3.9% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Ramsdens 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.

Ramsdens has a net margin of 10.18% compared to Stirling Industries' net margin of 0.00%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 20.23% beat Stirling Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stirling IndustriesN/A N/A N/A
Ramsdens 10.18%20.23%10.23%

Summary

Ramsdens beats Stirling Industries on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

MetricRamsdensConglomerates IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£137.25M£2.54B£9.32B£2.78B
Dividend Yield3.10%4.24%3.57%6.09%
P/E Ratio11.782.6324.86365.94
Price / Sales1.1894.175,332.8288,399.10
Price / Cash5.7514.1927.9227.89
Price / Book2.514.604.787.72
Net Income£7.85M£450.79M£792.39M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.43%-0.19%0.25%0.49%
1 Month Performance9.75%-0.70%3.64%2.48%
1 Year Performance44.78%24.20%38.22%87.19%

Ramsdens Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RFX
Ramsdens
N/AGBX 424.20
-0.2%
N/A+52.1%£137.25M£116.80M11.78784
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,780
+1.7%
N/A+53.2%£292.45M£118.60M20.63455
JAR
Jardine Matheson
N/AGBX 71.28
+14.0%
N/AN/A£208.77M£34.22B0.19425,000
JARB
Jardine Matheson
N/AN/AN/AN/A£151.19M£35.12B6.71443,000
FIH
FIH group
N/AGBX 245
-0.4%
N/A+44.0%£30.67M£41.65MN/A380

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This page (LON:RFX) was last updated on 5/14/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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