RTC vs. EMR, NBB, GATC, STAF, MYX, TGP, DRV, FA, DSW, and RAI
Should you be buying RTC Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RTC Group include Empresaria Group (EMR), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Gattaca (GATC), Staffline Group (STAF), MYCELX Technologies (MYX), Tekmar Group (TGP), Driver Group (DRV), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA), DSW Capital (DSW), and RA International Group (RAI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RTC Group (LON:RTC) and Empresaria Group (LON:EMR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, RTC Group had 1 more articles in the media than Empresaria Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RTC Group and 4 mentions for Empresaria Group. Empresaria Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat RTC Group's score of -0.71 indicating that Empresaria Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.0% of RTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Empresaria Group shares are held by institutional investors. 55.6% of RTC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.5% of Empresaria Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RTC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Empresaria Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. RTC Group pays out 4,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Empresaria Group pays out -1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
RTC Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Empresaria Group. Empresaria Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTC Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Empresaria Group received 14 more outperform votes than RTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.20% of users gave Empresaria Group an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave RTC Group an outperform vote.
RTC Group has a net margin of 1.87% compared to Empresaria Group's net margin of -1.16%. RTC Group's return on equity of 26.12% beat Empresaria Group's return on equity.
RTC Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empresaria Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RTC Group beats Empresaria Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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