RFX vs. MSI, JARB, FIH, STRL, VCBC, BASK, RGP, PHSC, AUCT, and FHP
Should you be buying Ramsdens stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramsdens include MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JARB), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), Ross Group (RGP), PHSC (PHSC), Auctus Growth PLC (AUCT.L) (AUCT), and Fandango (FHP). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Ramsdens vs. Its Competitors
Ramsdens (LON:RFX) and MS INTERNATIONAL (LON:MSI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Ramsdens pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MS INTERNATIONAL pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ramsdens pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MS INTERNATIONAL pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Ramsdens has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MS INTERNATIONAL has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MS INTERNATIONAL has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Ramsdens' net margin of 8.78%. MS INTERNATIONAL's return on equity of 24.42% beat Ramsdens' return on equity.
43.2% of Ramsdens shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Ramsdens shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.8% of MS INTERNATIONAL shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, MS INTERNATIONAL had 1 more articles in the media than Ramsdens. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MS INTERNATIONAL and 0 mentions for Ramsdens. Ramsdens' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat MS INTERNATIONAL's score of -0.01 indicating that Ramsdens is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MS INTERNATIONAL has higher revenue and earnings than Ramsdens. Ramsdens is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS INTERNATIONAL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MS INTERNATIONAL beats Ramsdens on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RFX) was last updated on 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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