RICA vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, and EMG
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 Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ruffer Investment vs. Its Competitors
Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust 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.
In the previous week, Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alliance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Alliance Trust beats Ruffer Investment on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RICA) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
