Riverstone Energy (RSE) Competitors

Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Riverstone Energy (LON:RSE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RICA or RSE?

Riverstone Energy received 14 more outperform votes than Ruffer Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Riverstone Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ruffer Investment	Outperform Votes 97 63.82%	Underperform Votes 55 36.18%
Riverstone Energy	Outperform Votes 111 46.44%	Underperform Votes 128 53.56%

Which has more volatility and risk, RICA or RSE?

Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riverstone Energy has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RICA or RSE more profitable?

Riverstone Energy has a net margin of 94.00% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Riverstone Energy's return on equity of 15.38% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ruffer Investment	51.94%	0.96%	0.45%
Riverstone Energy	94.00%	15.38%	-0.22%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RICA or RSE?

43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Riverstone Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Riverstone Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RICA or RSE?

Riverstone Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Riverstone Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, 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
Ruffer Investment	£16.91M	52.81	£8.78M	£2.75	100.94
Riverstone Energy	£83.65M	2.60	£78.63M	£206.19	3.40

Does the media refer more to RICA or RSE?

In the previous week, Ruffer Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Riverstone Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ruffer Investment and 0 mentions for Riverstone Energy. Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Riverstone Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Ruffer Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ruffer Investment	Positive
Riverstone Energy	Neutral

Summary

Riverstone Energy beats Ruffer Investment on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.