FIH group (FIH) Competitors

FIH group (LON:FIH) and Ramsdens (LON:RFX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FIH or RFX?

16.7% of FIH group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Ramsdens shares are held by institutional investors. 71.7% of FIH group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Ramsdens shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, FIH or RFX?

FIH group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramsdens has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FIH or RFX?

Ramsdens has higher revenue and earnings than FIH group. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FIH group, 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
FIH group	£52.46M	0.66	£1.97M	£0.16	1,718.75
Ramsdens	£88.57M	0.78	£7.77M	£0.24	903.75

Does the media refer more to FIH or RFX?

In the previous week, FIH group and FIH group both had 1 articles in the media. FIH group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Ramsdens' score of 0.00 indicating that FIH group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FIH group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ramsdens	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIH or RFX?

FIH group received 8 more outperform votes than Ramsdens when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.12% of users gave Ramsdens an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave FIH group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FIH group	Outperform Votes 127 65.46%	Underperform Votes 67 34.54%
Ramsdens	Outperform Votes 119 72.12%	Underperform Votes 46 27.88%

Is FIH or RFX more profitable?

Ramsdens has a net margin of 8.78% compared to FIH group's net margin of 3.75%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 17.12% beat FIH group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FIH group	3.75%	4.41%	2.86%
Ramsdens	8.78%	17.12%	10.23%

Is FIH or RFX a better dividend stock?

FIH group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. FIH group pays out 6,875.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens pays out 4,583.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ramsdens is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer FIH or RFX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FIH group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ramsdens	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Ramsdens beats FIH group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.