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Macfarlane Group (MACF) Competitors

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GBX 108 +1.50 (+1.41%)
As of 02/21/2025 12:55 PM Eastern

MACF vs. RM2, RBN, SYM, CRU, SKG, SMDS, RPC, MCS, PDG, and APGN

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 Applegreen (APGN).

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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

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)£5.49M0.00N/A-£692.00N/A
Macfarlane Group£267.03M0.64£14.61M£9.3311.58

Macfarlane Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Macfarlane Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
0.00
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) 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 50.34% 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
50.34%
Underperform Votes
72
49.66%

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 12.67% 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%12.67%6.12%

In the previous week, Macfarlane Group had 2 more articles in the media than RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Macfarlane Group and 0 mentions for RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L). Macfarlane Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Macfarlane Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Macfarlane Group beats RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L) on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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MACF vs. The Competition

MetricMacfarlane GroupPackaging & Containers IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£170.76M£1.66B£3.36B£2.60B
Dividend Yield3.41%3.20%3.63%5.04%
P/E Ratio11.5810.1521.91162.81
Price / Sales0.6443.1164.22309,391.95
Price / Cash24.8427.9330.1227.80
Price / Book1.462.153.325.11
Net Income£14.61M£119.32M£254.34M£5.68B
7 Day Performance0.93%0.02%-0.73%-1.09%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.89%0.14%-0.84%
1 Year Performance-12.20%6.71%17.60%39.59%

Macfarlane Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MACF
Macfarlane Group
3.2205 of 5 stars
GBX 108
+1.4%
GBX 150
+38.9%
-12.6%£170.76M£267.03M11.581,000News Coverage
RM2
RM2 International S.A. (RM2.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£28.89M£5.49M-0.0193Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RBN
Robinson
N/AGBX 118.55
-1.2%
N/A+30.5%£19.86M£52.46M36.71346
SYM
Symphony Environmental Technologies
N/AGBX 3.11
-1.2%
N/A-13.6%£7.00M£6.87M-3.241,120Gap Down
CRU
Coral Products
N/AGBX 5.69
+1.2%
N/A-55.3%£5.07M£30.81M-5.58186News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
1.903 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 4,200
+∞
N/A£9.55B£11.27B1,474.1947,000High Trading Volume
SMDS
DS Smith
0.9805 of 5 stars
GBX 582.50
flat
GBX 481.67
-17.3%
+82.0%£8.06B£6.83B20.9029,519High Trading Volume
RPC
RPC Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£3.87B14.76N/A
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
PDG
Pendragon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£618.57M£3.86B1,185.005,334
APGN
Applegreen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£598.53MN/A20.5011,145

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This page (LON:MACF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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