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Macfarlane Group (MACF) Competitors

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GBX 105.02 +0.02 (+0.02%)
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MACF vs. RM2, RBN, SYM, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, MCS, PDG, and THG

Should you be buying Macfarlane Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Macfarlane Group include RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (RM2), Robinson (RBN), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Coral Products (CRU), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), DS Smith (SMDS), RPC Group (RPC), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Pendragon (PDG), and THG (THG).

Macfarlane Group vs.

Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF) and RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) (LON:RM2) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Macfarlane Group has higher revenue and earnings than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Macfarlane Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Macfarlane Group£268.70M0.65£14.70M£0.091,212.22
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)£5.49M5.27N/A-£692.00-0.01

Macfarlane Group has a net margin of 5.47% compared to RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Macfarlane Group's return on equity of 12.87% beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Macfarlane Group5.47% 12.87% 6.12%
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) N/A N/A N/A

Macfarlane Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 37.49%. Given Macfarlane Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Macfarlane Group is more favorable than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Macfarlane Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Macfarlane Group and RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) both received 73 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 62.93% of users gave RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Macfarlane Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Macfarlane GroupOutperform Votes
73
50.69%
Underperform Votes
71
49.31%
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)Outperform Votes
73
62.93%
Underperform Votes
43
37.07%

In the previous week, Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Macfarlane Group Neutral
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) Neutral

66.4% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MACF vs. The Competition

MetricMacfarlane GroupPackaging & Containers IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£174.12M£2.21B£2.36B£1.38B
Dividend Yield3.30%3.24%4.38%11.73%
P/E Ratio1,212.22258.04384.071,551.40
Price / Sales0.6598.44360.04212,370.00
Price / Cash24.8424.7325.1632.93
Price / Book1.471.293.092.80
Net Income£14.70M£165.26M£257.93M£152.70M
7 Day Performance0.09%-0.39%-0.92%-0.43%
1 Month Performance-3.88%-0.10%-2.72%7.18%
1 Year Performance-2.15%14.76%11.85%91.53%

Macfarlane Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MACF
Macfarlane Group
N/AGBX 105.02
+0.0%
GBX 150
+42.8%
-5.0%£167.61M£268.70M1,166.891,000
RM2
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
N/AGBX 8.50
flat
N/AN/A£28.89M£5.49M-0.0193Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RBN
Robinson
N/AGBX 101
-3.8%
N/A+18.3%£16.92M£52.46M3,548.33346
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 3.30
+1.5%
N/A-27.1%£7.43M£6.21M-325.001,120Gap Down
CRU
Coral Products
N/AGBX 7.44
+0.5%
N/A-39.1%£6.62M£30.99M-744.00186Dividend Cut
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
1.0553 of 5 stars
GBX 3,656
+3.5%
GBX 4,200
+14.9%
+35.4%£9.55B£11.27B1,474.1947,000High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
1.0366 of 5 stars
GBX 578
+0.6%
GBX 413.75
-28.4%
+101.6%£7.98B£6.82B2,051.7929,519
RPC
RPC Group
N/AGBX 792.60
+0.1%
N/AN/A£3.26B£3.87B14.76N/A
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AGBX 119.80
flat
N/A+0.0%£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
PDG
Pendragon
N/AGBX 35.55
+0.1%
N/A+11.1%£618.57M£3.86B1,185.005,334
THG
THG
2.0289 of 5 stars
GBX 39.64
-0.7%
GBX 64.25
+62.1%
-49.4%£606.49M£2.01B-234.717,291

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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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