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Ruffer Investment (RICA) Competitors

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GBX 284.23 -0.78 (-0.27%)
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RICA vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, and HVPE

Should you be buying Ruffer Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ruffer Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Ruffer Investment vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ruffer Investment'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alliance Trust Neutral
Ruffer Investment Neutral

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.

6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Trust92.17% 17.93% 10.95%
Ruffer Investment 51.94%0.96%0.45%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Trust£652.76M0.00£601.66M£2.12N/A
Ruffer Investment£16.91M54.09£8.78M£2.75103.39

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Ruffer Investment on 8 of the 12 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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RICA vs. The Competition

MetricRuffer InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£914.57M£1.29B£6.36B£3.07B
Dividend Yield1.83%4.41%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio103.3922.5014.23167.03
Price / Sales54.092,593.521,875.03303,131.58
Price / Cash10.9960.70127.2427.97
Price / Book1.041.452.264.52
Net Income£8.78M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.08%0.63%0.99%1.15%
1 Month Performance0.26%0.82%2.27%3.62%
1 Year Performance-1.14%8.17%26.80%57.70%

Ruffer Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 284.23
-0.3%
N/A-0.9%£914.57M£16.91M103.39N/A
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
2.1786 of 5 stars
GBX 198.30
flat
GBX 184.33
-7.0%
+33.9%£3.55B£1.49B11.274,719
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 346.50
-1.0%
N/A+5.1%£3.20B£374M911.84N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
3.9128 of 5 stars
GBX 232.50
-0.2%
GBX 292.50
+25.8%
+3.9%£3.16B£706.00M9.43N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 572
flat
N/A+2.9%£2.95B£660.56M4.71N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,910
-0.5%
N/A+5.4%£2.75B£103.46M16.5162News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
BUR
Burford Capital
3.1553 of 5 stars
GBX 995
+0.3%
GBX 1,600
+60.8%
-3.5%£2.74B£299.55M17.80140News Coverage
Gap Up
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.8877 of 5 stars
GBX 319.10
+1.8%
GBX 371
+16.3%
+22.9%£2.64B£272.35M57.97391News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,352
-0.4%
N/A+21.4%£2.60B£610.03M4.39N/A
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,735
+0.2%
N/A+9.9%£2.53B£32.28M257.18N/A

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