Record (REC) Competitors

Record (LON:REC) and Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (LON:MWY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is REC or MWY a better dividend stock?

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Record pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays out 842.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in REC or MWY?

18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are held by institutional investors. 66.6% of Record shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, REC or MWY?

Record has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REC or MWY?

Record received 57 more outperform votes than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 68.31% of users gave Mid Wynd International Inv Tr an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Outperform Votes 125 68.31%	Underperform Votes 58 31.69%

Is REC or MWY more profitable?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a net margin of 95.06% compared to Record's net margin of 20.43%. Record's return on equity of 32.37% beat Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Record	20.43%	32.37%	25.14%
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	95.06%	12.21%	7.66%

Does the media refer more to REC or MWY?

In the previous week, Record had 45 more articles in the media than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Record and 1 mentions for Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Record's score of 0.16 indicating that Mid Wynd International Inv Tr is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Record	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, REC or MWY?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has higher revenue and earnings than Record. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Record	£45.38M	1.97	£9.27M	£0.05	927.50
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	£54.78M	7.18	£52.07M	£0.95	863.95

Summary

Record beats Mid Wynd International Inv Tr on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.