B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM) Competitors GBX 652.50 +7.50 (+1.16%) (As of 11/1/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades BPM vs. RICA, SAIN, BBGI, JEO, APEO, OCI, MUT, MRCH, SDP, and GSCTShould you be buying B.P. Marsh & Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B.P. Marsh & Partners include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Murray Income Trust (MUT), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. B.P. Marsh & Partners vs. Ruffer Investment Scottish American Investment BBGI Global Infrastructure European Opportunities Trust abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Oakley Capital Investments Murray Income Trust The Merchants Trust Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund The Global Smaller Companies Trust B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations. Which has more volatility & risk, BPM or RICA? B.P. Marsh & Partners has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BPM or RICA more profitable? B.P. Marsh & Partners has a net margin of 83.12% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. B.P. Marsh & Partners' return on equity of 20.31% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets B.P. Marsh & Partners83.12% 20.31% 12.41% Ruffer Investment 51.94%0.96%0.45% Is BPM or RICA a better dividend stock? B.P. Marsh & Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. B.P. Marsh & Partners pays out 1,052.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ruffer Investment pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B.P. Marsh & Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Do analysts recommend BPM or RICA? B.P. Marsh & Partners currently has a consensus price target of GBX 625, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Given B.P. Marsh & Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe B.P. Marsh & Partners is more favorable than Ruffer Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score B.P. Marsh & Partners 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Ruffer Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) N/A Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BPM or RICA? B.P. Marsh & Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. B.P. Marsh & Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioB.P. Marsh & Partners£51.17M4.70£42.53M£1.14572.37Ruffer Investment£19.58M48.48£10.17M£0.039,116.67 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BPM or RICA? B.P. Marsh & Partners received 81 more outperform votes than Ruffer Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave B.P. Marsh & Partners an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformB.P. Marsh & PartnersOutperform Votes17870.36% Underperform Votes7529.64% Ruffer InvestmentOutperform Votes9763.82% Underperform Votes5536.18% Do institutionals & insiders believe in BPM or RICA? 10.6% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.3% of B.P. Marsh & Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to BPM or RICA? In the previous week, B.P. Marsh & Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Ruffer Investment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for B.P. Marsh & Partners and 0 mentions for Ruffer Investment. B.P. Marsh & Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Ruffer Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that B.P. Marsh & Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment B.P. Marsh & Partners Positive Ruffer Investment Neutral SummaryB.P. Marsh & Partners beats Ruffer Investment on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Chaikin AnalyticsSell NVDA Now?Guess who's selling NVDA next The most successful hedge fund in history quietly sold 500,000 shares. Here's what that means for your money. Billionaire Wall Street investors are quietly offloading millions of shares. What do they know that you don't? It's arguably the most popular stock in the world. Now, one 50-year Wall Street legend says its day in the sun could finally be coming to an end. Last year, he warned of two stocks that went on to crash 60%.Now he's just issued a warning for the most popular stock in the world: Nvidia (NVDA). Get B.P. Marsh & Partners News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BPM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BPM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricB.P. Marsh & PartnersAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£240.45M£887.22M£3.42B£1.60BDividend Yield2.28%13.11%4.49%10.93%P/E Ratio572.37786.36412.881,755.31Price / Sales4.7014,622.902,694.03232,682.53Price / Cash7.8590.8450.6736.19Price / Book1.061.221.392.88Net Income£42.53M£59.76M£348.49M£145.32M7 Day Performance12.50%-0.61%-0.54%0.11%1 Month Performance22.73%-1.08%-0.55%-0.11%1 Year Performance75.88%12.78%17.29%15.48% B.P. Marsh & Partners Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BPMB.P. Marsh & Partners1.3203 of 5 starsGBX 652.50+1.2%GBX 625-4.2%+77.4%£240.45M£51.17M572.3716Positive NewsRICARuffer InvestmentN/AGBX 273.50flatN/A+3.4%£949.15M£19.58M9,116.67N/ASAINScottish American InvestmentN/AGBX 503+0.4%N/A+9.3%£896.95M£103.33M1,006.00N/ABBGIBBGI Global InfrastructureN/AGBX 125+0.8%N/A-2.7%£893.41M£68.47M1,562.501,160JEOEuropean Opportunities TrustN/AGBX 843-2.4%N/A+0.0%£886.70M£-62,326,000.00-12.93N/APositive NewsAPEOabrdn Private Equity OpportunitiesN/AN/AN/A+32.7%£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/AOCIOakley Capital InvestmentsN/AGBX 494flatN/A+17.6%£871.52M£99.09M988.00N/AMUTMurray Income TrustN/AGBX 830+1.3%N/A+5.6%£861.71M£88.65M1,152.78147,000Dividend CutNews CoverageMRCHThe Merchants TrustN/AGBX 562+0.4%N/A+15.7%£834.12M£119.61M769.86N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsSDPSchroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific FundN/AGBX 539+0.7%N/A+16.2%£833.13M£-19,050,000.00-3,170.59N/AGSCTThe Global Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 161.60+0.6%N/A+23.5%£814.32M£-19,630,000.00-2,693.33N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies RICA Alternatives SAIN Alternatives BBGI Alternatives JEO Alternatives APEO Alternatives OCI Alternatives MUT Alternatives MRCH Alternatives SDP Alternatives GSCT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:BPM) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. 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