Ruffer Investment (RICA) Competitors

Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, ATST or RICA?

Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATST or RICA a better dividend stock?

Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ruffer Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor ATST or RICA?

In the previous week, Ruffer Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ruffer Investment and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alliance Trust	Neutral
Ruffer Investment	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATST or RICA?

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, 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
Alliance Trust	£652.76M	0.00	£601.66M	£2.12	N/A
Ruffer Investment	£16.91M	53.96	£8.78M	£2.75	103.15

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATST or RICA?

Alliance Trust received 13 more outperform votes than Ruffer Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliance Trust	Outperform Votes 110 73.33%	Underperform Votes 40 26.67%
Ruffer Investment	Outperform Votes 97 63.82%	Underperform Votes 55 36.18%

Is ATST or RICA more profitable?

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Trust	92.17%	17.93%	10.95%
Ruffer Investment	51.94%	0.96%	0.45%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ATST or RICA?

6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Ruffer Investment on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.