RICA vs. ABDN, JGGI, 3IN, RCP, BPT, PHLL, MNKS, CTY, HICL, and HGT
Should you be buying Ruffer Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ruffer Investment include abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ruffer Investment vs. Its Competitors
abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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 0.05 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 -354.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
abrdn presently has a consensus target price of GBX 206.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.65%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Ruffer Investment.
abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat abrdn's score of -0.99 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Ruffer Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
abrdn beats Ruffer Investment on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ruffer Investment News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for RICA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RICA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Ruffer Investment Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:RICA) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
