Ramsdens (RFX) Competitors

Ramsdens (LON:RFX) and Jardine Matheson (LON:JAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is RFX or JAR a better dividend stock?

Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Jardine Matheson pays an annual dividend of GBX 225 per share and has a dividend yield of 360.0%. Ramsdens pays out 4,583.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jardine Matheson pays out 80,357.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RFX or JAR?

Jardine Matheson has higher revenue and earnings than Ramsdens. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ramsdens, 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
Ramsdens	£88.57M	0.86	£7.77M	£0.24	991.67
Jardine Matheson	£35.12B	0.00	£80M	£0.28	223.21

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RFX or JAR?

43.2% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.4% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RFX or JAR?

Ramsdens has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RFX or JAR?

Ramsdens received 29 more outperform votes than Jardine Matheson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.12% of users gave Ramsdens an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Jardine Matheson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ramsdens	Outperform Votes 119 72.12%	Underperform Votes 46 27.88%
Jardine Matheson	Outperform Votes 90 64.75%	Underperform Votes 49 35.25%

Is RFX or JAR more profitable?

Ramsdens has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Ramsdens' return on equity of 17.12% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ramsdens	8.78%	17.12%	10.23%
Jardine Matheson	0.23%	2.40%	2.53%

Does the media favor RFX or JAR?

In the previous week, Ramsdens had 4 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ramsdens and 0 mentions for Jardine Matheson. Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Jardine Matheson's score of 0.00 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ramsdens	Positive
Jardine Matheson	Neutral

Summary

Ramsdens beats Jardine Matheson on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.