RS Group (RS1) Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and RS Group (LON:RS1) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or RS1?

Diploma has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RS Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DPLM or RS1 a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. RS Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Diploma pays out 6,705.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RS Group pays out 5,641.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RS Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DPLM or RS1 more profitable?

Diploma has a net margin of 9.25% compared to Diploma's net margin of 6.24%. RS Group's return on equity of 13.39% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%
RS Group	6.24%	13.23%	6.43%

Does the media favor DPLM or RS1?

In the previous week, RS Group had 16 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for RS Group and 5 mentions for Diploma. RS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Diploma's score of 0.23 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RS Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DPLM or RS1?

RS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Diploma. RS Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, 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
Diploma	£1.26B	4.63	£116.10M	£0.85	5,124.71
RS Group	£2.94B	1.30	£183.70M	£0.39	2,074.36

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DPLM or RS1?

Diploma received 270 more outperform votes than RS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.03% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote while only 42.31% of users gave RS Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 281 62.03%	Underperform Votes 172 37.97%
RS Group	Outperform Votes 11 42.31%	Underperform Votes 15 57.69%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DPLM or RS1?

78.6% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of RS Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Diploma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of RS Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DPLM or RS1?

Diploma presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,416.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.39%. RS Group has a consensus price target of GBX 841.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.04%. Given Diploma's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RS Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Diploma beats RS Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.