RM (RM) Competitors

RM (LON:RM) and DFS Furniture (LON:DFS) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, RM or DFS?

RM has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RM or DFS?

63.5% of RM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of RM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of DFS Furniture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RM or DFS?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than RM. RM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DFS Furniture, 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
RM	£189.50M	0.45	-£47.32M	-£55.02	-1.85
DFS Furniture	£986.50M	0.36	-£4.30M	£0.03	5,100.00

Is RM or DFS more profitable?

DFS Furniture has a net margin of -0.45% compared to RM's net margin of -24.97%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of -1.90% beat RM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RM	-24.97%	-311.10%	-1.51%
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%

Is RM or DFS a better dividend stock?

RM pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. RM pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. RM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate RM or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 233, indicating a potential upside of 52.29%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than RM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer RM or DFS?

In the previous week, RM and RM both had 9 articles in the media. RM's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat DFS Furniture's score of -0.19 indicating that RM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RM	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DFS Furniture	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

DFS Furniture beats RM on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.