RCDO vs. YOU, ELIX, FNTL, PPHC, SAG, GTLY, MANO, MJH, SECN, and DRV
Should you be buying Ricardo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ricardo include YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Fintel (FNTL), Public Policy (PPHC), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), SEC Newgate (SECN), and Driver Group (DRV). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
Ricardo vs.
Ricardo (LON:RCDO) and YouGov (LON:YOU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, YouGov had 17 more articles in the media than Ricardo. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Ricardo. YouGov's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Ricardo's score of -0.91 indicating that YouGov is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ricardo received 35 more outperform votes than YouGov when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.78% of users gave Ricardo an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.
82.3% of Ricardo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Ricardo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ricardo has higher revenue and earnings than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ricardo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YouGov has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ricardo pays out 1,144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ricardo presently has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 218.78%. YouGov has a consensus price target of GBX 880, indicating a potential upside of 120.55%. Given Ricardo's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ricardo is more favorable than YouGov.
Ricardo has a net margin of 0.15% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Ricardo's return on equity of 0.42% beat YouGov's return on equity.
Summary
Ricardo beats YouGov on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RCDO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
