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Macfarlane Group (MACF) Competitors

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GBX 112
0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/1/2024 12:39 PM ET)

MACF vs. RM2, RBN, SYM, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, CVSG, DWL, and MCS

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), CVS Group (CVSG), Dowlais Group (DWL), and McCarthy & Stone (MCS).

Macfarlane Group vs.

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

66.4% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Macfarlane Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)N/A N/A N/A
Macfarlane Group 5.47%12.87%6.12%

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

Macfarlane Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Macfarlane Group's 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
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Macfarlane Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)£5.49M5.27N/A-£692.00-0.01
Macfarlane Group£268.70M0.67£14.70M£0.091,244.44

In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 3 more articles in the media than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 1 mentions for RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Macfarlane Group's score of 0.09 indicating that RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Macfarlane Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MACF vs. The Competition

MetricMacfarlane GroupPackaging & Containers IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£178.75M£2.16B£2.65B£1.63B
Dividend Yield3.30%3.22%3.93%11.03%
P/E Ratio1,244.44262.97363.091,785.79
Price / Sales0.67100.01389.78237,189.75
Price / Cash24.8425.6127.5236.67
Price / Book1.511.293.382.88
Net Income£14.70M£165.26M£270.60M£148.87M
7 Day Performance-0.44%0.41%-0.61%0.11%
1 Month Performance2.75%-0.69%-0.73%-0.11%
1 Year Performance7.18%15.97%16.87%15.75%

Macfarlane Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MACF
Macfarlane Group
2.3363 of 5 stars
GBX 112
flat
GBX 150
+33.9%
+9.8%£178.75M£268.70M1,244.441,000News Coverage
RM2
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
N/AGBX 8.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£28.89M£5.49M-0.0193Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RBN
Robinson
N/AGBX 109.77
+4.5%
N/A+21.6%£18.39M£52.46M3,658.93346Gap Up
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 3.20
-4.4%
N/A-29.6%£7.21M£6.21M-320.301,120News Coverage
CRU
Coral Products
N/AGBX 6.70
+3.1%
N/A-52.8%£5.97M£30.99M-670.00186Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
0.4544 of 5 stars
GBX 3,656
+3.5%
GBX 4,015
+9.8%
+35.4%£9.55B£11.27B1,474.1947,000High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
1.0705 of 5 stars
GBX 537.50
-1.5%
GBX 413.75
-23.0%
+89.9%£7.42B£6.82B1,919.6429,519News Coverage
RPC
RPC Group
N/AGBX 792.60
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%£3.26B£3.87B14.76N/A
CVSG
CVS Group
1.5969 of 5 stars
GBX 962
+2.0%
GBX 2,135
+121.9%
-34.5%£690.14M£647.30M2,672.229,100Negative News
Gap Up
DWL
Dowlais Group
3.1115 of 5 stars
GBX 48.60
-0.8%
GBX 102
+109.9%
-51.6%£660.96M£4.60B-131.3524,257News Coverage
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AGBX 119.80
flat
N/A+0.0%£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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