RM (RM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RM or DFS?

DFS Furniture received 58 more outperform votes than RM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.67% of users gave RM an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RM	Outperform Votes 245 81.67%	Underperform Votes 55 18.33%
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 303 72.84%	Underperform Votes 113 27.16%

Does the media favor RM or DFS?

In the previous week, RM had 21 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for RM and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. DFS Furniture's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat RM's score of 0.09 indicating that DFS Furniture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RM	Neutral
DFS Furniture	Positive

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

63.5% of RM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of RM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate RM or DFS?

DFS Furniture has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 28.67%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RM or DFS?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than RM. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RM, 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	£964.48M	0.34	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-76.99

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 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. RM pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% 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.

Summary

DFS Furniture beats RM on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.