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Ricardo (RCDO) Competitors

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GBX 390 -3.00 (-0.76%)
(As of 12:32 PM ET)

RCDO vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, FNTL, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, MANO, MJH, and SECN

Should you be buying Ricardo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ricardo include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Fintel (FNTL), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), and SEC Newgate (SECN). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

Ricardo vs.

Ricardo (LON:RCDO) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ricardo pays out 130,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 10,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Ricardo had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ricardo and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Ricardo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alpha Financial Markets Consulting'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ricardo Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Neutral

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Ricardo's net margin of 0.15%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Ricardo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ricardo0.15% 0.47% 4.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting 6.78%10.64%7.51%

Ricardo currently has a consensus price target of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 87.18%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus price target of GBX 442.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.20%. Given Ricardo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ricardo is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ricardo
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.3% of Ricardo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Ricardo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ricardo. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ricardo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ricardo£474.70M0.51-£12.20M£0.0139,000.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting£233.62M2.53£15.85M£0.133,876.92

Ricardo received 188 more outperform votes than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave Ricardo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RicardoOutperform Votes
259
69.07%
Underperform Votes
116
30.93%
Alpha Financial Markets ConsultingOutperform Votes
71
75.53%
Underperform Votes
23
24.47%

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Ricardo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RCDO vs. The Competition

MetricRicardoConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£242.62M£2.39B£3.91B£1.39B
Dividend Yield3.02%3.21%4.41%11.76%
P/E Ratio39,000.003,481.34525.841,549.26
Price / Sales0.51193.87413.55209,640.25
Price / Cash5.9221.6127.7932.98
Price / Book1.472.363.572.81
Net Income-£12.20M£97.90M£179.69M£152.92M
7 Day Performance-9.30%-1.11%-0.74%-0.47%
1 Month Performance-6.70%2.59%-1.30%7.20%
1 Year Performance-16.40%5.80%26.69%93.28%

Ricardo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCDO
Ricardo
1.0677 of 5 stars
GBX 390
-0.8%
GBX 730
+87.2%
-16.6%£242.62M£474.70M39,000.002,978High Trading Volume
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AGBX 504
-0.1%
GBX 442.50
-12.2%
+44.0%£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
YOU
YouGov
3.3382 of 5 stars
GBX 425
-0.7%
GBX 905
+112.9%
-59.2%£496.27M£270M2,140.001,820
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 792
-0.4%
N/A+65.6%£371.77M£97.37M2,208.33484
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 279
-2.4%
N/A+33.0%£290.69M£68.90M4,766.67501
SAG
Science Group
N/AGBX 464
-0.6%
N/A+16.6%£209.08M£110.93M3,592.31443
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 132.20
-1.0%
N/A-16.9%£172.61M£172.49M1,650.001,068News Coverage
PPHC
Public Policy
N/AGBX 132
flat
GBX 250
+89.4%
+11.9%£158.10M£140.40M-876.73367
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 100
+2.0%
N/A-40.2%£43.76M£26.30M4,990.0029High Trading Volume
MJH
MJ Hudson Group
N/AGBX 13.13
flat
N/AN/A£26.69M£47.45M-437.50232
SECN
SEC Newgate
N/AGBX 111
+5.7%
N/A+0.0%£25.24M£70.13M33.64580High Trading Volume

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