Ruffer Investment (RICA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer ABDN or RICA?

abrdn currently has a consensus price target of GBX 208.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Ruffer Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Ruffer Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ABDN or RICA?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. abrdn 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
abrdn	£1.68B	2.23	£316.36M	£0.17	1,199.48
Ruffer Investment	£44.42M	19.81	£8.78M	£0.13	2,351.31

Does the media refer more to ABDN or RICA?

In the previous week, abrdn and abrdn both had 6 articles in the media. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat abrdn's score of 0.49 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ruffer Investment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ABDN or RICA a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn pays out 83.9% 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 pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ABDN or RICA?

42.1% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of abrdn shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or RICA?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more 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 ABDN or RICA more profitable?

Ruffer Investment has a net margin of 51.94% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.46% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Ruffer Investment	51.94%	0.96%	0.45%

Summary

abrdn beats Ruffer Investment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.